Also known as an oarfish, this deep-sea species can grow up to 20 feet in length
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
An oarfish on the shores of Southern California
A Nostradamus might swim among us.
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.
According to NBC News , the ominous creature lives in the depths of the ocean, making it a rare sight. There have been just 21 recorded oarfish sightings near California beaches since 1901. Two of those sightings occurred in 2024 —another oarfish washed up on a shore in La Jolla in August…