String of Pearls
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About this site
String of Pearls lies in U.S. Virgin Islands waters, off St. Thomas, in the eastern Caribbean. The site reaches a maximum depth of about 10.7 metres and is rated an intermediate dive. Divers have reported bicolor damselfish, Brazilian ocean surgeonfish, and Caribbean bluehead wrasse moving over a reef structure that includes greater star coral, massive starlet coral, mustard hill coral, and symmetrical brain coral, with redband parrotfish also spotted among the formations.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Greater Star CoralMontastraea cavernosaReported here · unconfirmed
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
Massive Starlet CoralSiderastrea sidereaReported here · unconfirmed
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Brazilian Ocean SurgeonfishAcanthurus bahianusReported here · unconfirmed
Symmetrical Brain CoralPseudodiploria strigosaReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitusReported here · unconfirmed
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