This word means a dolphin in Maltese, but Malta features a particular folkloric creature known by the name of Denfil. He has scales and gills, so he is clearly no kind of dolphin. He has a large head. He is regarded as the King of the Fish, ruling a submarine realm. If this creature is based on a real animal found in the Mediterranean, it is unknown to science.
Source: S.D. Mifsud The Maltese Bestiary Blata I-Bajda, 2014.
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