The fish were still around even though the reefs and sponge gardens were battered by the hurricane a month earlier. Paul enjoys taking fish portraits.
Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana
 
 Secretary blenny, Acanthemblemaria maria
 Bluestriped grunt, Haemulon sciurus
 Bluestriped lizardfish, Synodus saurus
 Trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus
 Spotted moray, Gymnothorax moringa
 Smooth trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter
 Bigeye, Priacanthus arenatus
 Cleaning goby, Elacatinus genie, on Emerald parrotfish, Nicholsina usta
 Stoplight parrotfish (initial phase), Sparisoma viride
 Banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus
 Squirrelfish, Holocentrus adscensionis
 Sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis, with eggs
 
 Great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda
 Peacock flounder, Bothus lunatus
 Barbfish, Scorpaena brasiliensis
 Honeycomb cowfish, Acanthostracion polygonia

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