Wednesday 15 May Louisiana pancake batfish (Halieutichthys
intermedius) - The Louisiana pancake batfish is a bizarre-
looking fish with an enlarged head, a flattened body and limb-
like pectoral fins. - The Louisiana pancake batfish uses its
fins to ‘walk’ along the ocean floor in a peculiar motion that
resembles that of a walking bat. Louisiana pancake batfish fact
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description First discovered in 2010, the Louisiana pancake
batfish (Halieutichthys intermedius) is a bottom-dwelling fish
with a truly bizarre appearance (1). Like other batfish (members
of the Ogcocephalidae family), this species has a flattened body
with an enlarged head and trunk which form a rounded disc shape
(1) (2) (3). Its pectoral fins resemble limbs, and the Louisiana
pancake batfish uses these and the smaller pelvic fins to ‘walk’
along the ocean floor (2) (4) (5) (6). Like other batfish, the
Louisiana pancake batfish is also peculiar in possessing a
fleshy structure at the