Spinyfin
Spinyfins are a family, Diretmidae, of beryciform fishes. The name is from Greek, di meaning "two" and eretmos meaning "oar". They are found worldwide in deep waters, as deep as 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
As the common name implies, spinyfins have heavy spines along their fins. They have deep, compressed bodies, and almost vertically aligned mouths. They are dark silver in colour, and reach up to 37 cm (15 in) in length.
Fossil species
This family is represented in the fossil record by the extinct Absalomichthys velifer Whitley 1933 from the Late Miocene of Southern California.
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Dirtmouth
by: Bob SchneiderPretty little dirtmouth, don't turn on the TV
Just lay here beside me on the floor
You sexy little radish, more girlish than mannish
Speak to me in Spanish, te amo mi amor
And this world is all there is
And this world is all there is
Pretty little dirtmouth, can't you see we're talking?
All I'm doing is trying to get by
The road is getting narrow, I'm flying through the arrows
Your sentences are sparrows flying through the sky
And this world is all there is
And this world is all there is
Pretty little dirtmouth, higher than a kite rail
Thinner than a ghost rail, sweeter than the sea
I can't see inside you but I'd like to try to
It would be so nice to, I believe
A finger full of freeway, I could love you, baby
Love you till you're crazy, love you till you're high
I could drop the bombs off till the bottom drops off
Then I'll knock your arms off, I can't lie
And this world is all there is
And this world is all there is
And this world is all there is
And this world is all there is
Pretty little dirtmouth, don't turn on the TV