DIAMOND ROCK Saba's pinnacle dive sites, where magma pushed through the sea floor to create underwater towers of volcanic rock, are major attractions for divers. These pinnacles start at up to 300'down and rise to about 85' beneath the surface of the water. Diamond Rock is one such site, consisting of three mounds below,  only two of which break the surface; there's a gash between the pinnacles at about 30' and again at 50'. Swimming along, around and behind the Diamond and the lesser rocks to its side was breathtakingly beautiful. I swam out in front of the group to take this shot. As we swam along, we saw turtles & sharks, as well as myriad soft & hard corals, and other reef residents. Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula); also known as Queen Trigger, Caribbean Triggerfish, Turbot, Old Wife Fish Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris); also known as Queen Angel, Golden Angelfish, Yellow Angelfish Spanish Hogfish (Bodianus rufus); also known as Hogfishes, Rufus Hogfish, with sponges along the wall (vertical edge of the reef).
Most reef fish seen by divers during the day around just above the surface of the coral or snoop into crevices looking for algae, worms & small crustaceans. Wrasses have small protruding teeth and graze the bottom taking in a variety of snails, worms, crabs, shrimps & eggs. Any hard coats or thick shells are then ground down by their pharyngeal jaws and the delicacies inside digested.
From juvenile to adult, wrasses dramatically alter their color & body shapes. Wrasses are always on the go during the day, but are the first to go to bed and the last to rise. Small wrasses dive below the sand to sleep; larger wrasses wedge themselves in crevices. Another Queen Triggerfish giving me the "fish eye" at the mooring at the end of the dive. Triggerfish have a hard spine dorsal din that can be locked. When sleeping, this spine is used to wedge them into place in a crevice and so deter predators from pulling them out of their bed! The spine is also held erect as a warning to other fish to stay away. Found singly or in schools on coral & rubble reef tops, as well as sea grass beds. Often busy turning over rocks, stirring up the sand and biting off pieces of branching coral, they feed on a wide range of food items, including live coral, algae, sea urchins, crabs, molluscs and other invertebrate groups, as well as fish & sea squirts. This is why other smaller fish species often swarm around it, feeding on the leftovers.

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