BBC Wildlife Magazine

Hidden BRITAIN

Draw back a curtain of bladderwrack, and you may reveal a fish that looks like it was designed by Dr Seuss. This cartoonish blob doesn’t look or behave like any other fish I know. Deep purple blotches, a red tail fin, yellow lips and electric turquoise spots usually convince the finder that it is something special, but there’s more to) than meets the eye.

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