San Blas Islands Panama eco beach hotel Coral Lodge Ecolodge

What you will see in our sea...

CORALS	SCIENTIFIC NAMES	* Scale 1 - 5 1 Rare - 5 Often
Boulder Brain Coral	Colpophyllia natans	4
Elkhorn Coral	Acropora palmata	5
Finger Coral	Porites porites	5
Giant slit-pore sea rod	Plexaurella nutans	5
Giant Star Coral	Montastraea cavernosa	3
Lettuce Coral	Agaricia agaricites	5
Mountainous Star Coral	Montastraea faveolata	2
Purple Common Sea Fan	Gorgonia ventalina	4
Scroll Coral	Agaricia undata	5
Sea Plumes	Pseudopterogorgia	5
Symmetrical Brain Coral	Diploria strigosa	5


SEA PLANTS and SPONGES	SCIENTIFIC NAMES	* scale 1 - 5 1 rare - 5 often
Banded Tube-dwelling Anemone	Arachnanthus nocturnus	5
Black Ball Sponge	Ircinia strobilina	5
Brown/Yellow/Branching Tube Sponge	Pseudoceratina crassa	5
Christmas Tree Worm	Spirobranchus giganteus	5
Dark Volcano Sponge	Calyx podatypa	5
Giant Barrel Sponge	Xestospongia muta	2
Giant Anemone	Condylactis gigantea	4
Green Grape Alga	Caulerpa racemosa	5
Loggerhead Sponge	Spheciospongia vesparium	4
Sargassum Seaweed	Sargassum fluitans	5
Sea Pearls	Ventricaria ventricosa	5
Social Feather Duster	Bispira brunnea	5
Sponge Anemone	Unidentified	5
Turtle Grass	Thalassia testudinum	5
White Scroll	Padina jamaicensis	5


SEA CREATURES	SCIENTIFIC NAMES	* scale 1 - 5 1 rare - 5 often
Atlantic Black Seahare	Aplysia morio	3
Atlantic Triton’s Trumpet	Charonia variegata	4
Batwing Coral Crab	Carpilius corallinus	3
Blue Crabs	Callinectes	5
Channel Clinging Crab	Mithrax spinosissimus	3
Caribbean Reef Squid	Sepioteuthis sepioidea	3
Caribbean Reef Octopus	Octopus briareus	5
Cushion Sea Star	Oreaster reticulatus	4
Electic Ray	Narcine brasiliensis	5
Giant Hermit Crabs	Petrochirus diogenes	4
Green Sea Turtle	Chelonia mydas	2
Hawkwing Cocnch	Strombus raninus	5
Long Spined Urchin	Diadema antillarum	5
Loggerhead Sea Turtle	Caretta caretta	2
Leatherback Sea Turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	1
Moray Eel	Gymnothorax funebris	2
Nine Armed Sea Star	Luidia senegalensis	1
Queen Conch	Strombus gigas	5
Reef Urchin	Echinometra viridis	5
Sand Dollar	Clypeaster subdepressus	5
Sea Spider	Pycnogonid	3
Sea Cucumber	Holothuria mexicana	5
Spanish Lobster	Scyllarides aequinoctialis	3
Spiny Lobster	panulirus argus	5
Sponge Brittle Star	Ophiothrix suensonii	5
Spotted Eagle Ray	Aetobatus narinari	4
Spotted Snake Eel	Echiophis intertinctus	3
Stingray	Urolophus jamaicensis	5


FISH	SCIENTIFIC NAMES	* scale 1 - 5 1 rare - 5 often
Butterflyfish	Chaetodon Capistratus	5
Blue Tang	Acanthurus coeruleus	5
Bluestriped Grunt	Haemulon sciurus	5
Black Grouper	Mycteroperca bonaci	2
Blue Parrotfish	Scarus coeruleus	5
Bluehead	Thalassoma bifasciatum	5
Eyed Flounder	Bothus ocellatus	4
Flat Needlefish	Ablennes hians	5
French Angelfish	Pomacanthidae paru	4
Frillfin Goby	Bathygobius soporator	5
Goliath Grouper	Epinephelus itajara	2
Grey Angelfish	Pomacanthus arcuatus	3
Great Barracuda	Sphyraena barracuda	5
Horse-eye Jack	Caranx latus	5
Longfin Damselfish	Stegastes diencaeus	5
Nurse Shark	Ginglymostoma cirratum	2
Ocean Triggerfish	Balistes vetula	5
Pinfish	Lagodon rhomboides	5
Porcupinefish	Diodon hystrix	3
Queen Triggerfish	Canthidermis sufflamen	5
Rainbow Parrotfish	Scarus guacamaia	5
Red Snapper	Lutjanus campechanus	5
Redlip Blenny	Ophioblennius macclurei	5
Sargeant Major	Abudefduf saxatilis	5
Sharpnose Puffer	Canthigaster rostrata	5
Spotted Burrfish	Chilomycterus atringa	3
Spotted Drum (Juvenile)	Equetus Punctatus	2
Squirrelfish	Holocentrus adscensionis	5
Stoplight Parrotfish	Sparisoma viride	5
Striped Parrotfish	Scarus iserti	5
Surgeonfish	Acanthurus bahianus	5
Tarpon	Megalops atlanticus	2
Townsend Angelfish	Pomacanthidae	4
Trumpetfish	Aulostomus maculatus	5
Wahoo	Acanthocybium solandri	2
Whale Shark	Rhincodon Typus	1
Yellowtail Damselfish	Microspathodon chrysurus	5
Yellowtail Snapper	Ocyurus chrysurus	5