Scotch Banks
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About this site
Scotch Banks lies off Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, a reef site built on greater star coral and mustard hill coral. Divers here have reported bicolor damselfish, Brazilian ocean surgeonfish, Caribbean bluehead wrasse, yellowhead wrasse, slippery dick, and redband parrotfish moving over the reef, along with barracuda, snapper, squid, and wrasse. Eagle rays have also been spotted passing over the site.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatusReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
Brazilian Ocean SurgeonfishAcanthurus bahianusReported here · unconfirmed
Greater Star CoralMontastraea cavernosaReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitusReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnotiReported here · unconfirmed
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
SquidSquidReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
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