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Cowboy Reef lies off Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, in the waters shared with nearby Anguilla and Saint Martin, and is accessed by local dive operators working the surrounding island reefs. Divers have reported Atlantic blue tang, blackbar soldierfish, and Caribbean ocean surgeonfish moving over the reef, along with stoplight parrotfish and southern stingrays. Mustard hill coral and symmetrical brain coral have also been noted forming part of the reef structure here.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Symmetrical Brain CoralPseudodiploria strigosaReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Ocean SurgeonfishAcanthurus tractusReported here · unconfirmed
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
Southern StingrayHypanus americanusReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideReported here · unconfirmed
Blackbar SoldierfishMyripristis jacobusReported here · unconfirmed
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