So Many Teeth! Tiny 'Alien' Catfish Serves Up Big Mysteries

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    A small, toothy fish, which researchers say resembles the terrifying creature from the movie "Alien," is turning out to be a big mystery for the scientists who study it.

    Kryptoglanis shajii is a tiny, subterranean catfish with a number of defining skeletal features, including a bulging lower jaw similar to a bulldog's.

    Humans rarely catch sight of the tiny fish, and it inhabits only one area in the world: the Western Ghats mountain range in Kerala, India. Though the fish lives underground, it has been known to emerge occasionally in the springs, wells and flooded rice paddies of the region.

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    See more at http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weir...ny-alien-catfish-serves-big-mysteries-n106776
     

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