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A dead oarfish found along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" this year.. The roughly 10-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6. at a ...
Oarfish have a reputation as harbingers of disasters — and this one was spotted just two days before a 4.4 quake rattled Los Angeles. Extremely rare "doomsday fish" found off California coast ...
A so-called "doomsday fish" has washed up on a Southern California beach — typically an extremely rare occurrence, but this is the second time this year it has happened. The rare oarfish found ...
As for the origins of the oarfish's foreboding nickname, the conservancy explained that in some areas of the world, the deep-sea creatures are "seen as being harbingers of bad news, particularly ...
The slender oarfish, (竜宮の使い "Ryūgū-No-Tsukai"), known in Japanese folklore as the 'Messenger from the Sea God's Palace', is said to portend earthquakes. [26] The oarfish has been nicknamed the "doomsday fish" because, historically, appearances of the fish were linked with subsequent natural disasters, namely earthquakes or tsunamis.
In the months preceding the 2011 earthquake, 20 oarfish were discovered on Japanese beaches. It is the second time an oarfish has been found in the area this year.
The giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) is a species of oarfish of the family Regalecidae. It is an oceanodromous species with a worldwide distribution, excluding polar regions. Other common names include Pacific oarfish, king of herrings, ribbonfish, and streamer fish. R. glesne is the world's longest ray-finned fish.
An oarfish, a rare species of fish also known as a "doomsday fish" because its appearance has allegedly signaled disaster in the past, washed up dead on a beach in Encinitas in Southern California.