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About this site
The Backyard sits off Puntarenas, a narrow port city on a sandbar reaching into the Gulf of Nicoya on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Dive sites along this stretch of the province are typically reached by boat from the local towns and marinas. Divers here have reported silver gray grunt among the fish life on this site.
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Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Silver Gray GruntAnisotremus caesiusReported here · unconfirmed
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