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, liner, USA, Clyde-Mallory Lines ( sailing under Ward Lines )
- Name:
- A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Three identical sisters were named Cherokee, Seminole, and Algonquin - Built:
- 1926, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA USA
- Specs:
- ( 387 x 54 ft ) 5897 gross tons, 163 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 25, 1935
collision with Norwegian freighter Talisman - 45 casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft max
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