Oarfish have long, ribbon-shaped bodies, and can grow longer than 20ft (6 meters). They typically live in the deep sea, where light cannot reach.
Oarfish are sometimes called doomsday fish due to their mythical reputation as predictors of natural disasters or earthquakes.
This particular oarfish was found floating dead in the water last weekend, marking one of the rare instances of such a discovery in California.
Scientists from NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Scripps are planning a necropsy to determine the cause of death of this rare fish.
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