The deep-sea fish are considered "incredibly rare" since less than 25 have been seen in Southern California waters in over a century, Ben Frable, Scripps' in-house fish expert and a museum ...

Oarfish are often described as “sea serpents,” Scripps notes, and the species’ long “ribbon-like silvery body” can grow up to 30 feet. The fish are rarely observed alive, as they tend to ...

The collection is one of the largest of deep-sea fish in the world, according to Scripps. Oarfish are often described as “sea serpents,” Scripps notes, and the species’ long “ribbon-like silvery body” ...

Oarfish, also known as a sea serpent, was spotted and recovered from a beach in Encinitas, California just last week. It measures between 9 and 10 feet, is much smaller than the one collected by ...