Species found in El Tanque (max. depth 26 m):
Houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus)
Bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus)
Indigo hamlet (Hypoplectrus indigo)
Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
Bluehead (Thalassoma bifasciatum)
Blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)
Bandtail puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)
Threespot damselfish (Stegastes planifrons)
Garden eel (Heteroconger longissimus)
Barred hamlet (Hypoplectrus puella)
Sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster rostrata)
Creole wrasse (Clepticus parrae)
Yellowhead wrasse (Halichoeres garnoti)
Blue chromis (Chromis cyanea)
Blackcap basslet (Gramma melacara)
Yellowfin mojarra (Gerres cinereus)
Schoolmaster (Lutjanus apodus)
Yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons)
Sand diver (Synodus intermedius)
Stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride)
Masked goby (Coryphopterus personatus)
Grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis)
Zoanthid (Zoanthidea)
Corky sea finger (Briareum asbestinum)
Knobby sea rod (Eunicea)
Scattered pore rope sponge (Aplysina fulva)
Stove-pipe sponge (Aplysina archeri)
Pitted sponge (Verongula rigida)
Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis)
Orange icing sponge (Mycale laevis)
Azure vase sponge (Callyspongia plicifera)
Tubular thicket algae (Galaxaura)
Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum)
Yellowline arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)
Banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)