Santa Rita Canyons
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About this site
Santa Rita Canyons lies off Ambergris Caye, along the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef on Belize's northern coast, reached by a short boat ride from San Pedro out to the reef line running parallel to the caye. Divers here have reported Atlantic blue tang, Atlantic ghost crab, sergeant majors, nurse sharks, queen angelfish, southern stingrays, and striped parrotfish moving through the canyon-like reef formations the site is named for.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Southern StingrayHypanus americanusReported here · unconfirmed
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratumReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseriReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrataReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisReported here · unconfirmed
Queen AngelfishHolacanthus ciliarisReported here · unconfirmed
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