A diver came across a rare deep-sea fish that, strangely, uses its fins as legs. Mikey Charteris, a marine life expert and author of the book “Caribbean Reef Life,” discovered the fish in a muddy channel off the coast of Roatán, Honduras. He instantly snapped a video of the odd creature, which turned out to be a shortnose batfish. In the video, the horned fish can be seen navigating the ocean floor, walking with its fins as it searches for food. The 50-year-old photographer happened upon the fish in a channel known as the French Key Cut. “It’s hands down the strangest fish in the Caribbean,” Charteris told Daily Mail. “It walks slowly searching for prey like crabs and small fishes, but can swim with its tail if it gets spooked.” The shortnose batfish, Ogcocephalus nasutus, is a sluggish horned fish with brown mottled skin that blends in with the …
Diver Records Strange Shortnose Batfish ‘Walking’ With Its Fins Along Ocean Floor in Caribbean
