Terrible oarfish spotted off coast of Russia

A resident of Primorye Antonina Tunick took a picture of the unusual fish found in the Bay of Pallada. "The fish was terrible with a mustache, animal eyes and a shiny, mirror-like scales," says the woman.

As it turned out, discovered the fish was the herring king or belt-fish. This is the first meeting of scientists with this unique form in Russia. The usual habitat for this fish are the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Oarfish – fish polyglobulia, it floats at depths of up to a kilometer from the surface of the water.

The rays of the dorsal fin of this fish is folded in the shape of a crown, so to meet her fishermen from Norway and called it the herring king. In fact, she was spotted in the shoal of herring.

The last time a fish was seen off the coast of Japan, some time in this region occurred tsunami and earthquake. Some at the time thought that oarfish heralds natural disasters by their behavior. Doctor of biological Sciences, far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Rakov called it the assumption of mere coincidence. Scientist noted that for Russia the find is unique.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»