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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.
The oarfish inhabits the epipelagic to mesopelagic ocean layers, ranging from 250 meters (660 ft) to 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) and is rarely seen on the surface. A few have been found still barely alive, but usually if one floats to the surface, it dies due to depressurisation. At the depths the oarfish live, there are few or no currents.
Regalecus is a fish genus of the family Regalecidae, commonly called oarfish, with these currently recognized species: [1] Regalecus glesne ( P. Ascanius , 1772) , giant oarfish or king of herrings Regalecus russelii ( G. Cuvier , 1816)
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.
An oarfish was first found in the area in August. It was around 12ft long and weighed more than 30kg. ... “We are fortunate to have a large community of researchers and world-class collection ...
Kayak adventurers found an incredibly rare, 4-meter-long “sea serpent” washed ashore in San Diego. It was the latest in only 20 encounters in California waters since 1901. The post “Bad Omen ...
Lampriformes / ˈ l æ m p r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of ray-finned fish.Members are collectively called lamprids (which is more properly used for the Lampridae) or lampriforms, and unite such open-ocean and partially deep-sea Teleostei as the crestfishes, oarfish, opahs, and ribbonfishes.
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 ...