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

Shipwreck Iberia
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, France
Name:
Iberia is Latin for Spain or the Spanish peninsula.
Built:
1881, Scotland
Specs:
( 255 x 36 ft ) 1388 gross tons, 30 crew
Sunk:
Saturday November 10, 1888
collision with liner Umbria ( 7798 tons) - no casualties
Depth:
60 ft