Azores

Warm waters from the Gulf Stream, enriched in nutrients by upwelling, are key features for the seas around the Azores. Under these conditions comes an extraordinary diversity of living creatures. Some of the wrasses are so incredibly colourful you would think that you're diving in the Caribbean! And watch out for those scorpionfish and their very toxic (and painful!) dorsal spines.

Crabs, shrimps and other small critters
Little Cape Town Lobster (Scyllarus arctus - Scyllaridae)

Anemones, corals and jellyfish
Yellow coral (Dendrophyllia ramea - Dendrophylliidae)

Bony fish
Azores chromis (Chromis limbata - Pomacentridae)

Boarfish (Capros aper - Caproidae)

Canary damsel (Abudefduf luridus - Pomacentridae)

Cardinalfish (Apogon imberbis - Apogonidae)

Longspine spinefish, common bellowfish, slender snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax - Centriscidae)

Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis - Scorpaenidae)

Ornate wrasse, parrotfish (Thalassoma pavo - Labridae)

Swallowtail seaperch, Barbier (Anthias anthias - Serranidae)