Oarfish Deep Creatures Sea

Oarfish 

 Oarfishes are gigantic, greatly extended, oceanic lampriform fishes and dwell to the small family Regalecidae. Discovered in all restrained to tropical oceans yet rarely seen, the oarfish family contains four species in two genera. Among these, the giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne), is the most farsighted bony fish alive, at adequate to 17 metres (56 ft) in distance.

The common name oarfish is presumably in relation to either their extremely compressed and stretched physical structure*, or to the former (merely now disreputable) belief that the fish "row" themselves through the water on their ventral fin*.The family name Regalecidae is came by the Latin regalis, meaning "majestic". The casual beaching from oarfish after storms, and their habit of lingering at the surface when sick or dying, make oarfish a probable source of many sea serpent tales.

Although the bigger species are believed sport fish and are (to a minor extent) fished commercially, oarfish are seldom caught alive; their flesh isn't considerably affected due to its gelatinous consistency.


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