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, tanker, Panama
- Name:
- In Greek mythology, Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld. Eventually, an agreement was reached wherein Persephone would spend part of the year with Hades in the underworld, and the rest with her parents in Olympus, resulting in the seasons: when she is away, her grieving mother, the earth goddess, ignores her duties and the earth becomes barren - winter.
- Built:
- 1926, Germany
- Specs:
- ( 468 x 63 ft ) 8426 gross tons, 37 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday May 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-593 - 9 casualties - Depth:
- 55 ft
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