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:
- artificial reef, ferry, Central Railroad of New Jersey, USA
- Name:
- All CRRNJ ferries were named for New Jersey towns - Lakewood, Bound Brook, Red Bank, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Wilkes Barre, Cranford, Somerville, Westfield, and Bound Brook
- Built:
- 1901 Wilmington DE USA, as Lakewood
- Specs:
- ( 200 x 44 ft ) 1016 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- NJ Coast 2005 Initiative
- Sunk:
- Wednesday August 3, 2005 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°50.682' -74°43.078'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
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