Coronet Fish at Folly Cove

    Our October 9th night dive at Folly Cove proved to
be one of the best this year--we saw and
photographed a Coronet Fish!  Unusual to see even
in their home, the Caribbean, it's VERY unusual to
see them up here.  This guy (or gal) was not too
active, given the 55 degree water.
    We first thought it was a trumpet fish, and that there
was just something stuck on the end of its tail.  But
when the photos were sent to a well known local area
photographer, the fish was positively identified not
as a trumpet fish, but as a Coronet Fish. On Saturday,
October 12, we went back to Folly Cove to see if we
could find the fish again, but were unsuccessful.
    With the finding of the Coronet Fish, and the capture
of juvenile sea horses and other tropicals in Rhode
Island at our annual tropical fish hunt this past
September, who knows?  Maybe in a few more years
we won't even have to venture down to the Caribbean
to see tropical fish all the tiime, since they'll be up
our way more and more. 
   (Does that mean we'll see some warmer water
sharks, too?)#