Life in Cenotes

Pinkish fish on rocky seafloor

Catfish

Rhamdia guatemalensis

Can be seen in:

Cenote Yaakun

Cenote Eden

Cenote Tajma Ha

Cenote Nicte-Ha

Cenote Kin-Ha

Cenote Tak Be Luum

Cenote 7 Bocas

A small fish swimming in clear blue water near a submerged branch.

Tetra

Astyanax aeneus

Can be seen in:

Cenote Eden

Cenote Carwash

Cenote Nicte-Ha

Cenote Dreamgate

Cenote Tak Be Luum

Fish swimming near submerged branches in water

Cenote Molly

Heterandna bimaculata

Can be seen in:

Cenote Eden

Cenote Tajma Ha

Cenote Carwash

Cenote Nicte-Ha

Cenote Tak Be Luum

Cenote 7 Bocas

Fish with black and white stripes swimming in algae-filled water.

Cichlid

Archocentrus octofasciatus

Can be seen in:

Cenote Eden

Cenote Carwash

Cenote Dreamgate

Cenote Nicte-Ha

white convict cichlid in cenote dreamgate

White Convict Cichlid

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

Can be seen in:

Cenote Dreamgate

Cenote Carwash

Colorful fish swimming near rocks in an aquarium.

Mojarra Maya

Cichlasoma synspilum

Can be seen in:

Cenote Eden

Cenote Nicte-Ha

Cenote Dreamgate

Cenote Carwash

Cenote 7 Bocas

a cave fish on a rocky surface

Blind cave fish (brotula)

Typhliasina pearsei

Can be seen in:

Cenote Yaakun

Cenote Tak Be Luum

Cenote Dreamgate

Cenote Nohoch

Close-up of a fish against a black background.

Mayan Goby

Gobiomorus dormitor

Can be seen in:

Cenote Eden

Cenote Taak Bi Ha

A tortoise on a moss-covered rock beside a pond in a tropical forest.

Mesoamerican Slider Turtle

Trachemys scripta

Can be seen in:

Cenote Eden

Cenote Carwash

A lobster on a rocky underwater surface.

Blue lobster

Can be seen in Cenote Eden

A small shrimp on a sandy ocean floor.

Cenote Shrimp

Creaseria morleyi

Can be seen in:

Cenote Eden

Cenote Yaakun

Cenote Dos Ojos

Cenote Kin Ha

An alligator partially submerged in water surrounded by reeds and vegetation.

Mexican Crocodile

Crocodylus moreletii

Can be seen in:

Cenote Angelita

Cenote Carwash

Casa Cenote

Central American Gulf Coast Toad at cenote dreamgate

Central American Gulf Coast Toad

Incilius valliceps

Spotted at

Cenote Dreamgate