What Tropicals have you Spotted Lately?

[ScubaSarus]

Looks like we are at the peak for spotting tropicals in RI. Last week we spotted Spot Fin Butterflys and a Lion fish. The DM at the LDS spotted a Trigger fish (nice find). Our resident snorkeler and now again diver spotted and fed Snowy Grouper (s). Last year I spotted a Short Big Eye (orange fish with big silver eyes).

Besides these has anyone else spotted other tropicals and if so were ?

Take care

Chris.

 

[Gidds]

I think I also saw a couple of puffers a couple weeks ago.
Since the other NEADC folks aren't members here I'm going to speak for them, plus I saw what they caught so I technically "spotted" it. There were also: cow or box fish which basicly resemble tiny orange or yellow blobs of sponge until you look closely, spot fin butterfly fish, a short big eye, and a nice fellow snorkeller named Tom was chasing what he said was a surgeon fish but he couldn't catch it.
If anybody is REALLY interested in the tropicals phenomenon I can put you in touch with another grad student in my dept. who is doing her thesis about it.

 

[ScubaSarus]

You got some secrete spots out there that I don't know about. We saw the orange blobs last year and they were cool.

 

[Chad_Ordelheide]

Hmmm, I was going to chime in but since I live in the tropics...I think my list is a little unfair Happy Diving!

 

[Gidds]

Well those groupers are all over the place so if you haven't seen them yet I guess I have a secret spot I suppose I see them when you hardcore scuba divers don't because I don't think it's a waste of time to sit in 3' of water with my snorkel :11ztongue
In fact I bet I see MORE fish than you guys do messing around at 85'! I also see cooler stuff such as a juvenile black sea bass with eyes bigger than his belly who tried to eat a lobster almost as long as him. The result was him swimming around with lobster claws hanging out of his mouth. Nearly flooded my mask laughing.

 

[ctmax]

ScubaSarus Thank You!!!!
dbg40 and I spotted a Short Big Eye last weekend and I have been having a heck of a time identifying it. It was hiding under a rock at about 10' or so. We hung out for about 15 min and had to leave because there were kids jumping off the rocks right near us.

 

[ScubaSarus]

Yes the one I saw was hiding under a rock. He looked to be shivering but I hear fish don't shiver.

 

[Gidds]

No they don't. Some reptiles can shiver though.

 

[yak]

I spotted 2 palm trees in front of Success Realty on Rt 139 in Marshfield. :07:

 

[Gidds]

Guess who saw MORE snowy groupers today? At LEAST seven of them ALL over the place :07:
When I arrived there was a guy I've met before getting out of the water and he had 3 butterfly fish, two bandtail puffers, and two cow fish. Also somebody else I was with saw a butterfly fish on an earlier dive.
I still haven't seen or caught one! :angry: