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Explore South Pacific

Costa Rica’s South Pacific region brings together rainforest, mountain communities and remarkable coastal landscapes. Uvita, the Osa Peninsula and the Golfo Dulce invite discovery of the connections between forests, rivers and sea. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.

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Threebanded Butterflyfish

A silver butterflyfish crossed by bold black bands.

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Spotted Sharpnose Puffer

A tiny puffer with a pointed snout and pale speckles.

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Freckled Porcupinefish

An oval fish with long spines that usually lie against its skin.

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Yellow Snapper

A snapper with warm red and yellow colors.

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Bluefin Trevally

A reef hunter with electric blue fins.

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Bigeye Trevally

A silver jack with a noticeably large eye.

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Golden Trevally

A jack whose boldly barred young look different from adults.

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Razor Surgeonfish

A gray reef grazer with a bright yellow tail.

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Guineafowl Puffer

A round reef puffer with a dotted dark form and a yellow form.

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Graybar Grunt

A silver grunt crossed by broad dark bars.

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Chameleon Wrasse

A patterned wrasse whose appearance changes with life phase.

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Cortez Angelfish

A tall angelfish with yellow accents and dramatic juvenile stripes.

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