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Flower Garden Banks Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Flower Garden Banks

Remote Gulf reef caps, blue-water encounters and overnight dive expeditions from Freeport.

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Wildlife In Flower Garden Banks

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Flower Garden Banks.

a fish that is swimming in the water

Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

3 linked spots

crab on rock

Crustaceans

Crab

2 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

2 linked spots

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) near Gilli Banta Island (near Komodo, Indonesia)

Saltwater Fishes

Lionfish

2 linked spots

gray snake photography

Saltwater Fishes

Moray Eel

2 linked spots

Photo of Scorpionfish

Saltwater Fishes

Scorpionfish

Scorpaenidae

2 linked spots

Photo of Shrimp

Shrimp

2 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

2 linked spots

a blue and white fish in an aquarium

Saltwater Fishes

Triggerfish

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water

Saltwater Fishes

Angelfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Bass

Freshwater Fishes

Bass

1 linked spots

Photo of Catfish

Freshwater Fishes

Catfish

1 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

1 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

1 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

1 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

1 linked spots

Photo of Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

1 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

1 linked spots

Photo of Olive Ridley Turtle

Olive Ridley Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

1 linked spots

a fish swimming in water

Saltwater Fishes

Parrotfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Reef Manta Ray

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

1 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

1 linked spots

Photo of Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

1 linked spots