A group of kayakers and snorkelers found a rare, deep-sea fish called an oarfish floating in La Jolla Cove on Saturday. Why it matters: This 12-foot sea serpent-like creature is only the 20th ...

The oarfish in Encinitas was "smaller" than the one observed in San Diego, measuring between 9 and 10 feet, ... one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world. ...

The roughly 10-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6. at a beach in Encinitas, around 25 miles north of San Diego. ... one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world.

Giant oarfish on California coast 00:30. Kayakers and snorkelers exploring the Southern California coast spotted an extremely rare oarfish, nicknamed a "doomsday fish" since they are seen in some ...

A rarely seen oarfish appeared in shallow water in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Feb. 9, surprising beachgoers. The deep-sea-dwelling oarfish is believed to be the world’s largest bony fish ...

Its reputation as a harbinger of doom is the species’ biggest claim to fame, with some recent anecdotal evidence fueling this theory — like the finding of more than 20 oarfish on the shores of ...

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 ...

He said he caught the oarfish in a small boat by longline fishing and not by using a fixed net, making the haul even more incredible. He said the largest oarfish weighed 19kg and the smallest 7kg.

An oarfish found near La Jolla Shores Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (Credit: Michael Wang) “Thanks to the work from these locals, scientists will be able to further study this mysterious species as ...

Scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have completed a necropsy on a deep-sea oarfish, which washed up earlier this month, providing a rare look and scientific data, it ...