Atlantic Spadefish

Spadefish

Chaetodipterus faber

Size: to 36" and 20 lbs.

Habitat: shallow coastal waters

Notes: Spadefishes are not quite as tropical as the others on this page, and typically range to New England. They may form large schools. Babies are uniformly black without stripes.

Spadefish
North Carolina
Herb Segars Photography

Shipwreck Norness
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Panama
Built:
1939, Germany
Specs:
( 493 x 65 ft ) 9577 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday January 14, 1942
torpedoed and shelled by U-123 - the first loss of World War II in U.S. waters
Depth:
280 ft, min 210 ft

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