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Belize 2009

We spent a week on the Peter Hughes "Sun Dancer II" live-aboard in July, 2009. We spent 5 days on Lighthouse Reef diving sites on Long Key and Half Moon Key, and the last morning diving on Turneffe Island. The reef is very healthy here as evidenced by an abundance of large sponges and corals. There are some fantastic wall dives on Long Key, while Half Moon Key offers more opportunities for seeing sharks, large rays, etc. The visibility here is fair (similar to Roatan) with a good bit of particulate in the water on most sites. The Sundancer is a very nice and relatively spacious boat, and the crew is simply outstanding. We had a full complement of 20 divers on board -- we got along really well and had a great time getting to know everyone between dives.


Juvenile three-spot damselfish Shrimp (peppermint variety??) Indigo hamlet Squid
g3/83/838783/3/115592069.PtauedC1.jpg Four-eyed butterflyfish Christmas tree worm Purple tube sponges
Wrasse (phase of yellow-head?) Crab (eroded mud crab?) Three-spot damselfish Juvenile spotted drum
Flamingo tongue snail Four-eyed butterflyfish Scorpionfish Juvenile redband parrotfish
Bucket-o-snails Masked/glass goby Intermediate Spanish hogfish Solitary disk coral
Slender filefish Pederson cleaner shrimp Trumpetfish Arrow crab on purple coral
Smooth trunkfish Goldentail eel Elephant ear sponge Brown barrel sponge (two openings)
Sponges and coral Yellow tube sponges Rope sponge Corals and sponges
Sponges and deep water sea fan Reef scene Purple tube sponges in sea rod coral Deep water sea fan with large sponge
Banded butterflyfish Juvenile yellowhead wrasse Redpstripe hermit crab g1/83/838783/3/115592230.3Sn09ttL.jpg
Barred hamlet Spiny lobster French grunt Red night shrimp
Vase sponges in coral Graysby Basket star on sea fan Basket star curled up during daytime
Juvenile hamlet Juvenile long-fin damselfish Spiny flower coral Indigo hamlet
Bridled goby Arrow crab White grunt Cup coral in sponge
Juvenile sunshinefish Spiny-head blenny Butter hamlet Brown barrel sponge
Sea rod coral Corals and sponges Deep water sea fan with rope corals Sponges and corals
Brain coral Sea plume coral Red rope sponge with sea fan Sponges and corals
Yellow tube sponge Sea rod and sea plume corals Brown barrel sponge Indigo hamlet
Three amingos (gobies on sponge) Juvenile yellowhead wrasse Spotted eel Now you see me (slender filefish)
Now you don't Coney - bi-color phase Spotted spiny lobster Squirrelfish with cleaner shrimp on fin
Peppermint goby on coral Spotted trunkfish Christmas tree worm Bi-color damselfish
Hello there - juvenile rock beauty Red-stripe hermit crab Sharp-noseJu puffer Spanish lobster
Spanish lobster Creole wrasse - initial color phase Banded cleaner shrimp in tube sponge ????
White-speckled hermit crab Squirrelfish Masked/glass goby Sharptail eel
Sergeant major Sergeant major - black face when guarding eggs Reef scene with corals and sponges Deep water sea fan coral
Sea rod coral Elephant ear sponge Spnges and corals Deep water sea fans
Sea rod coral Rope sponge and other corals/spronges Sea rod corals Darren checking out barrel sponge
Cleaning gobies on Darren's hand Deep water sea fan Rock beauty - intermediate phase Red reef hermit crab
Juvenile spotted drum Red ridged clinging crab Crabs on sea fan Crabs hiding under sopnge
Slippery dick (juvenile phase)? Social feather dusters Goby on coral Gray angelfish
Juvenile tiger grouper? White-speckled hermit crab Black-cap basslet Flamingo tongue snail
Striped parrotfish Caribbean spiny lobster Brown chromis Triple-fin blenny
Schoolmaster Banded shrimp with brittle star in sponge Tiger grouper Bar-snout goby in sponge
Basket star on sponge Fairy basslet Sea plume coral Sea rod and sea plume corals
Sponges and corals Tube sponges Pillar coral Sea plume coral
Sponges and coral Tube sponges Giant star coral with orange elephant ear sponge Large brown barrel sponge
Sponges Southern stingray g1/83/838783/3/115593172.K2Bf3O1R.jpg g3/83/838783/3/115593174.Tx0LxIZm.jpg
Blue-striped grunt Neon goby on star coral French grunt Arrow crab in sea urchin
??? Spotted cleaner shrimp in anemone g3/83/838783/3/115593185.ZNGNtDOw.jpg Glass-eyedI snapper
Red reef hermit crab Yellowhead jawfish g1/83/838783/3/115593194.IFCv92qS.jpg g1/83/838783/3/115593196.dENTrlon.jpg
Brittle star on sponge Honeycomb cowfish Gaudy clown crab Sharpnose puffer
Split-crown feather duster Queen angelfish Goldentail moray eel Spotfin butterflyfish
Shrimp in sponge Blackp-cap basslet Stalactite in blue hole Vase sponge with other sponges and corals
Reef scene Reef scene Deep wall gorgonians Sponges and corals
Sponges and corals Solitary tube sponge Brown tube sponges Spnges and corals
Reef scene Sponges with depe water sea fans Elephant ear sponge with deep water sea fans Spotfin butterflyfish
Pederson cleaner shrimp Juvenile rainbow wrasse Caribbean spiny lobster Blue chromis
Arrow blenny in coral Making a dash for it Queen triggerfish - intermediate phase Shrimp (peppermint variety?)
Green moray eel Sand diver Trumpetfish Neck crab
Barracuda Orange-ball corallimorph Juvenile blue tang - yellow phase Juvenile blue tang - blue phase with yellow tail
Juvenile blue tang - blue phase Adult blue tang Spotted cleaner shrimp Grouper
Spotted eel g1/83/838783/3/115593911.q6SHyrcg.jpg Four-eyed butterflyfish Juvenile/initial phase striped parrotfish
Longjaw squirrelfish Longsnout butterflyfish Elephant ear sponge on wall Brown barrel sponge
Red rope sponge and other sponges & corals Sponges and corals Reef scene Reef scene
Sponges and corals Purple branching tube sponge with rope sponges

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Reakey D'Antoni 01-Sep-2009 21:49
These are so wonderful! Thanks for sharing them with us.
Reakey and John D'Antoni
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