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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.
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.
Regalecus russelii, or Russell's oarfish, is a species of oarfish in the family Regalecidae. [1] It is a broadly-distributed marine fish, found in waters in the bathypelagic zone. [ 2 ] R. russelii is a scaleless, elongate and ribbonlike fish, growing up to 8 meters in length.
Oarfish can grow longer than 20 feet (6 meters) and normally live in a deep part of the ocean called the mesopelagic zone, where light cannot reach, according to the National Oceanic and ...
The oarfish is one of only 20 of the species to have washed up in California since 1901, the organization noted. "With help from NOAA Fisheries Service and California Sea Grant team members, the ...
The 9-foot oarfish was found on the shores of Grandview Beach on Nov. 6 by Alison Laferriere of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, according to a ...
The largest member of this small but fascinating order is the aforementioned king of herrings or oarfish (Regalecus glesne), the longest extant bony fish on earth. Another interesting big fish in this order is the opah (Lampris guttatus), which as opposed to the king of herrings, is massive and has a chunky, rounded shape. Opahs can range up to ...
Oarfish are an omen of impending disaster, Japanese folklore says. Oarfish, also known as a sea serpent, was spotted and recovered from a beach in Encinitas, California just last week. It measures ...