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Typically, these fish are deep-sea dwellers and thrive in waters that are the least explored by scientists. Oceangoers with a dead, 12-foot-long oarfish. / Credit: Michael Wang and Owyn Snodgrass
A group of kayakers and snorkelers found an extremely rare deep-sea fish nicknamed a "doomsday fish" off the coast of Southern California last weekend.
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot ...
Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish. Other deep-sea fishes include the flashlight fish , cookiecutter shark , bristlemouths , anglerfish , viperfish , and some species of eelpout .
And take plenty of photos of the rare sight, of course. The deep-sea fish has only been seen in the state 20 times since 1901, making the find especially notable for the group.
Oarfish that washed ashore on a Bermuda beach on 3 March 1860: the fish was 16 ft (4.9 m) long and described at the time as a sea serpent. [36] 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 Deepstaria enigmatica has a wide, thin bell (up to 60 cm or 2 ft), [1] transparent in appearance, which undulates as the jellyfish moves. They are usually found in Antarctic and near-Antarctic seas, but have been spotted in waters near the United Kingdom and Gulf of Mexico, at depths of 600–1,750 metres (1,970–5,740 ft).
A group of divers encountered a rare giant oarfish off the coast of Taiwan. The viral video, originally published by diving instructor Wang Cheng-Ru in June, shows the group coming upon the deep ...