Walking fish? ’Strangest sea creature in Caribbean’ spotted in Roatán, Honduras

Credit: Pen News/Mickey Charteris/Caribbean Reef Life THIS is the eye-popping moment a diver encounters “the strangest fish in the Caribbean” strolling along the seabed, using its fins for legs. Mickey Charteris found the rare creature, a shortnose batfish, in a muddy channel called French Key Cut on the island of Roatán, Honduras. And though he has spent years chronicling marine life around the region, this seabeast might just be the weirdest he’s seen. “It’s hands down the strangest fish in the Caribbean
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