Butterfish

Butterfish

Peprilus tricanthus

Size
to 12"

Habitat
Coastal waters.

Baby Butterfish are often found sheltering in the tentacles of stinging jellyfishes, to which they are not immune. One slip and they're dead!

Butterfish
Living dangerously
Herb Segars Photography

H10224/86-88 -- OPR-C121-WH; SIDE-SCAN SONAR CONTACT. DIVERS DESCRIBE A WRECK SITE 250' X 50' CONTAINING THE REMAINS OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE A WOODEN VESSEL (DECK MACHINERY, 3-FOOT DIA. METAL CYLINDER, LARGE TIMBERS REINFORCED WITH METAL PLATES). LD (PNEUMO) OF 53 FEET. (ENT 5/30/96, SJV)

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