Another Coronet Fish at Folly Cove!
Last night's dive with my husband, John, and our friend, Tom Conway,
proved to be most eventful again, with yet another sighting of a Coronet
Fish! This one was smaller than the first one we saw last week. I did
manage to get some pictures (and to think I almost left the camera in
the car!). We were all excited underwater to see yet another one of
these rare fish.
We also started off the dive with a very active horseshoe crab--the
critter was moving around so quickly I had a hard time getting a photo
of it--but I did. Right after the horseshoe crab, we bumped into a
very active lady crab, who also was not interested in getting her
photo taken, but it did. And the rest of the evening dive was spent
dodging squid! They were everywhere, large ones and small ones.
At one point, Tom had a huge school of them all around him, in his face,
under his arms, everywhere around him. It was truly an awesome evening
dive.
For those of you who shun the cooler water this time of year, or who think
there's nothing left to see, get out there--there's plenty of stuff left swimming
aroung. The water is still 54 degrees.....
Last night's dive with my husband, John, and our friend, Tom Conway,
proved to be most eventful again, with yet another sighting of a Coronet
Fish! This one was smaller than the first one we saw last week. I did
manage to get some pictures (and to think I almost left the camera in
the car!). We were all excited underwater to see yet another one of
these rare fish.
We also started off the dive with a very active horseshoe crab--the
critter was moving around so quickly I had a hard time getting a photo
of it--but I did. Right after the horseshoe crab, we bumped into a
very active lady crab, who also was not interested in getting her
photo taken, but it did. And the rest of the evening dive was spent
dodging squid! They were everywhere, large ones and small ones.
At one point, Tom had a huge school of them all around him, in his face,
under his arms, everywhere around him. It was truly an awesome evening
dive.
For those of you who shun the cooler water this time of year, or who think
there's nothing left to see, get out there--there's plenty of stuff left swimming
aroung. The water is still 54 degrees.....
posted by Webmaster at 11:36 AM
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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?)#
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?)#
posted by Webmaster at 4:20 AM
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