Costa Rica's Scuba Diving Portal: Everything you want to know about Diving in Costa Rica
The olive ridley sea turtle, also called as Lepidochelys olivacea or Pacific ridley, is a type of small sea turtle. The carapace of an adult olive ridley has a length of 60 to...
Leatherback sea turtles are found in high numbers along the eastern Pacific which includes the beautiful, tropical Central American country, Costa Rica.The leatherback turtle, also known as Dermochelys coriacea or lute turtle, is the...
Snappers in the marine belong to the fish family named “Lutjanidae”, also called “perciform fish” meaning the largest order of bony fish or fish with vertebrates. The word perciform literally means “perch-like”.
Grunts in the Pacific Ocean belong to a huge family that has hundreds of different sub types. Their name is no coincidence, and comes from the pig-like grunting sounds that come from their throats,...
Jewfish in the Pacific Coast are given a lot of names by the locals which are used colloquially. It is called the ‘goliath grouper’ in some places and ‘itajara’ in other places.
The Pacific tarpon, colloquially called “oxeye” and scientifically named “Megalops cyprinoides” is frequently found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. It specifically inhabits coastal areas and water where the salt level is very...
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