North America
113
Documented species
1
Parks and reserves
3
Dive sites
113 species found
Based on what we already know about U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Given almost in its entirety to the United States government by the Rockefeller family in 1956
One of the few mostly underwater national monuments in the United States. It has a marked underwater snorkelling trail through the barrier reef.
A deep underwater canyon where Columbus landed in 1493; black corals and giant sponges line its walls.
A coral wall reachable from the beach that drops abruptly from 12 m to more than 120 m; one of the finest shore dives in the Caribbean.
Blackbar Soldierfish
Myripristis jacobus
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Atlantic White Tern
Gygis alba
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Common Coqui
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
American Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Least Concern
