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'Doomsday fish' returns to Southern California shores for the third time this year

The elusive deep-water oarfish - considered to be a harbinger of bad news - was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California.

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A second rare "doomsday fish" has been spotted on a Southern California beach

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow up to 30 feet.

Newsweek on MSN · 8h

What Are Doomsday Fish? Mystery as Creatures Wash Up on California Shores

A rare deep-sea oarfish has washed up in California, the third to do so in a few months and only the 22nd since 1901.

Another rare ‘doomsday fish’ discovered off Southern California coast for the third time this year

Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers stumbled upon the rare fish, considered the largest vertebrate in the world’s ...

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Deep-water, 9-foot oarfish, discovered washed ashore in Encinitas

It was California’s third spotting of the species in the last three months and only the 22nd over the past century.

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