Mythical “Doomsday” Fish Beached In California Again

A rare deep-sea “Doomsday” fish was discovered off the coast of California recently. In the La Jolla Cove beach area in San Diego, a group of divers found a dead fish over three and a half meters long. The new sighting of the doomsday fish is the twentieth reported sighting of the fish off the coast of California since 1901.

So, what is known about the “doomsday” fish? This species is also known as the king of herrings, oarfish, or ribbonfish. It is the longest fish in the world, easily reaching 8-10 ft in length, but there are known cases of herring kings growing to be 30 ft long.