Lousiana Pancake Batfish
Here’s another odd-looking creature which many of us thought only existed in our collective imagination: the Louisiana Pancake Batfish, which was discovered only in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. This species owes its name to its odd, pancake shape, with flattened and enlarged head and body. It moves like a bat as it ‘walks’ on the ocean floor. It mainly feeds on invertebrates which it lures with chemicals to catch. They are small, about the size of the palm of a human hand.
