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Colorful sponges on reef

wall.

Sponges

Sponges.

Nassau Grouper, on

patrol.

Nassau Grouper. About

15 lbs

Hogfish.

Hogfish, grazing around

the cement block boat

mooring.

Hogfish, color varies.

Yellowtail Snappers.

Horseeye Jacks, they like

to hang out under the

boat.

Hundreds of thousands

of juvenile somethings.

Tarpon, prowling.

Barracuda, lurking.

Blacktip Shark.

Blacktip Shark.

Blacktip Shark.

Blacktip Shark.

Blacktip Shark.

Lizardfish.

French Grunt. They can

make sound underwater.

Indigo Hamlet,

Fairy Basslet. Small, inch

and half. Colorful and

common.

Juvenile Gray Angelfish.

Couple of inches, very

elusive.

Gray Angelfish adult.

Gray Angelfish adult.

Queen Angelfish, adult.

French Angelfish adult.

French Angelfish adult.

Rock Beauty. An

angelfish that thinks it's

in a witness protection

program based on

reluctance to be

photographed.

Rock Beauty.

Spotfin Butterflyfish.

Spotfin Butterflyfish. Like

their Pacific cousins,

butterflyfish do not like

photographers.

Foureye Butterflyfish.

Banded Butterflyfish.

Belize, October 2021.

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It's been over twenty years since we were last in Belize, Central America.  Much of the

barrier reef is now a protected marine reserve and there are hopeful signs that it's

working. Many Nassau Groupers and frequent encounters with Caribbean Reef and

Black Tip sharks,  none of which we saw on prior trips.

We spent the week on board the Belize Aggressor IV. At 138 feet long with capacious

cabins it's a major upgrade from the original 90 foot boat they had  when  we were

first there in 1989.  Food and crew were excellent. Water very warm, visibility was

murky.

I had camera problems involving unwanted water in unwanted places so the photo

volume is lower than normal.  It's now  in California for service and repair.

Great to be back in the water again after our frantic scamper back from Asia in March

2020!  Belize is one of the countries we can easily go to with no quarantine

requirement.

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