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, destroyer, Wickes / Tattnall class, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1919, Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 314 x 31 ft ) 1211 gross tons, 145 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 134 casualties - Depth:
- 120 ft
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