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Ruler of the Rhone

A 20-inch terminally differentiated male Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) glides 80 feet below the surface admist red cup corals (Tubastrea coccinea) and grey fire corals (Millepora alcicornis) now adorning the wreckage of the Royal Mail Ship Rhone. The RMS Rhone sunk in the hurricane of 1867 after missing her mark by less than 30 feet and took her cargo of mail, cotton and supplies to the bottom of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands.

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A 20-inch terminally differentiated male Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) glides 80 feet below the surface admist red cup corals (Tubastrea coccinea) and grey fire corals (Millepora alcicornis) now adorning the wreckage of the Royal Mail Ship Rhone.  The RMS Rhone sunk in the hurricane of 1867 after missing her mark by less than 30 feet and took her cargo of mail, cotton and supplies to the bottom of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands.