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An 8-year-old girl hooked a fish with apparent legs and a horn growing out of its head, according to a Local 6 News report.
Autilla Grason was fishing with her family in Seattle this week when she caught the strange-looking creature with a visible horn sticking out of its head. The family thought the 18-inch-long fish was from another world.
"I was thinking it might be a good pet; put it in the fish tank," Grason said.
Researchers determined that the girl's catch is a spotted
rat fish, which is a distant member of the shark family. A scientist said that the fish's legs are actually modified fins used for mating.
The species of fish dates back 500 million years, according to the report.
