Red-lipped Batfish
We know it’s not a bat, but does this really qualify as a fish? The Batfish has uniquely creepy pectoral and pelvic fins that let it “walk” across the seafloor.
Similar to anglerfishes, batfishes lure in small edibles like shrimp, worms and fish using a wriggle-ready appendage on their nose that acts just like a fishing rod. About 60 species of batfishes walk / swim the waters deep.
Using the best copolymer fishing line you will be able to catch this and a lot more of species.
Roughback Batfish
Polkadot Batfish
Longnose Batfish – top view
Longnose Batfish – side view
Louisiana Pancake Batfish – top view
Louisiana Pancake Batfish – pancake view
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THATS CREEPY
YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!that’s yucky EVER!!!this louisiana pancake batfish sure is disgusting
The Batfish is a beautiful fish that deserves to be appreciated. To everyone on this page that is calling the Batfish ‘yucky’, you need to rethink your life and hatred towards this beautiful animal. (And get some better grammar. Is yucky the best you could do?) All of the different kinds of Batfish are important to ecosystems all over the world and deserve to be loved, just like any other fish.