A marine science instructor snorkelling off the southern coast of California this week discovered the carcass of a rare deep sea oarfish, one of the longest fish in the world.
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Oarfish
Synonyms for "oarfish" (5 found)
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11 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- гигантска херинга noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
- риба-гребло noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
Danish
1 entries- sildekonge noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
Finnish
1 entries- airokala noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
German
2 entries- Bandfisch noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
- Riemenfisch noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
Italian
1 entries- pesce remo noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
Māori
1 entries- matarua noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sildekonge noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sildekonge noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
Spanish
1 entries- pez remo noun (fish of the family Regalecidae)
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The oarfish, which can grow to more than 50 feet (15 meters), is a deep-water pelagic fish, the longest bony fish in the world, according to the Catalina Island Marine Institute.
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For the second time this year an oarfish, a rarely seen deep sea fish that has historically been considered a harbinger of doom, washed up on the California coastline.
Source: wiktionary
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