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!
- Type:
- shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1949, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA
- Specs:
- ( 120 ft ) 177 GT
- Sunk:
- August 1990
- Depth:
- 65 ft
intact, upright, steel hull
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