Fish: Longsnout seahorse (Hippocampus reidi)

It is not every day that you swim into a seahorse, and it is therefore a spectacular experience to be able to observe one.

Upside-down jellyfish

Anyone who has ever walked along the Jan Kok salt pans or other inland waters on the island of Curaçao, other than the Schottegat, has surely seen the Upside-down jellyfish.

Titbits: Out of the Shell

When beach bombing chances are that you will encounter a crab shell. What is this and are you sure what you have in your hands is a shell and not a dead crab?

Marine creatures: Portuguese Man’o War (Physalia physalis)

Every year, during the period in between Carnival and Easter, popularly known as Lent (temp’i kuaresma), and sometimes earlier or later in the year, the wind pattern in our region tends to be irregular. When the directions from which the winds originate shift towards the south-east, our island might receive visits from a bizarre organism, one that we often are not too happy with.

Fish: Blue Tang Surgeonfish

The Atlantic Blue Tang or Blue Tang surgeonfish is a species native to the Caribbean, Western and Eastern Atlantic as well as the Golf of Mexico. It belongs to the Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) family .

Fish: Green Moray eel

A strikingly large moray eel species is the Green Moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris), a species found in large parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Se

Fish: The Stoplight Parrotfish

While snorkelling in the clear sea of ​​the ABC Islands, if you’re lucky, you might encounter several parrotfish species underwater. One of these is the so-called Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride).

Shells: Mouse cone

The family of Conidae or Cone snails as it is called in English contains an enormous variety of genera and species. Meet the Mouse cone.

Marine wildlife – Variegated sea urchin

Sea urchins have a bad reputation, but they are essential to a healthy marine environment including reefs. The Variegated sea urchin is one of several species of sea urchin.

Shells: White Hoof Shell

One of the most fun shells to look for during treasure hunts is what we lovably call the Smurf hats, because of the shape and color of the shells.

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