Underwater Photographs at Bajo Alcyone and Isla Manuelita, Cocos Island, Costa Rica : December 27, 2005

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The trip to Cocos Island, Costa Rica
aboard the Sea Hunter
December 27, 2005

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Bajo Alcyone

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
(Sphyrna lewini)
& Rainbow Runners
(Elagatis bipinnulata)
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
(Sphyrna lewini),
& Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
(Sphyrna lewini)
Rainbow Runner
(Elagatis bipinnulata)

Leather Bass
(Dermatolepis dermatolepis)
Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody
Guineafowl Puffer
(Arothron meleagris)

Rainbow Runner
(Elagatis bipinnulata)
and Barbarfish
(Johnrandallia nigrirostris)
Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody

Mexican Hogfish
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
& Guineafowl Puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
Mexican Hogfish
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
& Guineafowl Puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
Mexican Hogfish
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
Mexican Hogfish
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
& Guineafowl Puffer
(Arothron meleagris)

Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Mexican Hogfish
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)

Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody

Kathryn Cody
Baberfish
(Johnrandallia nigrirostris),
Marbled Ray (Taeniura meyeni)
& Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Marbled Ray
(Taeniura meyeni)
& Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Marbled Ray
(Taeniura meyeni)
& Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)

Isla Manuelita

Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Chinese trumpetfish
(Aulostomus chinensis)
Whitetip Reef Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)

Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Whitetip Reef Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)
Crown of Thorns Seastar
(Acanthaster planci)
Blue and Gold Snapper
(Lutjanus viridis)

Colonial Cup Coral
(Tubastrea tenuilamellosa)
Bigscale Soldierfish
(Myripristis berndti)
& Blue and Gold Snapper
(Lutjanus viridis)
Pacific creolefish
(Paranthias colonus)
& Blue and Gold Snapper
(Lutjanus viridis)
Giant Hawkfish
(Cirrhitus rivulatus)

Yellowtail Damselfish
(Stegastes arcifrons)

Goldrim Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus nigricans)
aka Goldrim Tang

Chinese trumpetfish
(Aulostomus chinensis)
Yellow-tailed Surgeonfish
(Prionurus laticlavius)
aka Razor Surgeonfish

Chinese trumpetfish
(Aulostomus chinensis)
Whitetip Reef Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)
Mexican Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys dentatus)
Yellow-tailed Surgeonfish
(Prionurus laticlavius)
aka Razor Surgeonfish

Whipper Snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
aka Jordan's Snapper
Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Leather Bass
(Dermatolepis dermatolepis)
Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)

The trip to Cocos Island

Bajo Alcyone
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini) & Rainbow Runners (Elagatis bipinnulata)	Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini), & Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini)	Rainbow Runner (Elagatis bipinnulata)
Leather Bass (Dermatolepis dermatolepis)	Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody	Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris)
Rainbow Runner (Elagatis bipinnulata) and Barbarfish (Johnrandallia nigrirostris)	Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody
Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) & Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris)	Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) & Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris)	Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia)	Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) & Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris)
Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia)	Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)
Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody	Kathryn Cody
Kathryn Cody	Baberfish (Johnrandallia nigrirostris), Marbled Ray (Taeniura meyeni) & Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Marbled Ray (Taeniura meyeni) & Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Marbled Ray (Taeniura meyeni) & Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)
Isla Manuelita
Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis)	Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)	Crown of Thorns Seastar (Acanthaster planci)	Blue and Gold Snapper (Lutjanus viridis)
Colonial Cup Coral (Tubastrea tenuilamellosa)	Bigscale Soldierfish (Myripristis berndti) & Blue and Gold Snapper (Lutjanus viridis)	Pacific creolefish (Paranthias colonus) & Blue and Gold Snapper (Lutjanus viridis)	Giant Hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus)
Yellowtail Damselfish (Stegastes arcifrons)	Goldrim Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans) aka Goldrim Tang	Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis)	Yellow-tailed Surgeonfish (Prionurus laticlavius) aka Razor Surgeonfish
Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis)	Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)	Mexican Goatfish (Mulloidichthys dentatus)	Yellow-tailed Surgeonfish (Prionurus laticlavius) aka Razor Surgeonfish
Whipper Snapper (Lutjanus jordani) aka Jordan's Snapper	Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Leather Bass (Dermatolepis dermatolepis)	Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)