A rare oarfish, believed to portend disaster, washed up on a beach in Encinitas last week. Since 1901, only 21 oarfish have ...

Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern California. Scripps ...

The discovery of the dead 9½-foot-long fish follows a similar find by kayakers and snorkelers in August at La Jolla Cove ...

The 9.5-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6, marking the second such occurrence in San Diego County this year.

Two dead oarfish have washed ashore in Southern California waters in the last few months. One was spotted in August and the other just last week.

For the second time this year, a rare deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San ... Marine Vertebrate Collection -- one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world -- contacted ...

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

A rare doomsday fish (oarfish) was spotted by scientists of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at Grandview Beach in ...

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

The oarfish in Encinitas was "smaller" than the ... becoming part of the Scripps’ Marine Vertebrate Collection, one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world.