#oarfish

[poisonder]

Forgot to post them but! Painted my boots bc I like fish

#oarfish #coelacanth #art #image #fish #or as I like to call them. little guy and haunted creature

[daily-dragon-drawing]

all your dragons are so cute !! may I suggest an oarfish dragon? :0

#90 - 皇帶魚 (huáng dàiyú / giant oarfish) - A real life sea serpent! 🐟💙❣️

#ask and you shall receive :3 #cups-and-pentacles #daily dragon drawing #art #art challenge #artists on tumblr #chinese artist #dragon #dragon a day #dragon art #dragon oc #dragons #daily drawing #daily dragon #chinese dragon #drawing challenge #drawing every day #drawing #illustration #year of the dragon #fantasy creature #creature design #zodiac #eastern dragon #dragon illustration #oarfish #fish art #fish #marine life #sea creatures

[protectoursharks]

His name is penis and he was born without a brain.

Say something nice to him.

Hello Penis,

What you're missing in brains you make up for in 1,100 CM (36 FT) OF PURE FISH

Regalecus glesne or Oarfish

#marine biology #marine ecology #animals #science #biology #oarfish #fish

[illufinch]

a dragon a week

week 3: ocean

#my art #pixel #dragon #oarfish #oarfish with legs

[sixth-extinction]

Downright chuffed about this oarfish bookmark I bought years ago in Japan and just rediscovered in my drawer. It’s made of shiny metal and the head crest is soft ribbon.

#oarfish #deep sea #bookmark #personal

[meatferal]

By popular demand coelacanth will be available to purchase separately!

Link

#art #fish #coelacanth #barreleye fish #oarfish #sea slug #sea angel

[yoshinoyuu]

深海の龍🪸

#創作イラスト #illustration #original #オリジナル作品 #degitalillustration #shrine #japan #oarfish #King of the herring #deep sea #deep sea fishi #深海 #深海魚 #リュウグウノツカイ

[plushieanimals]

bleu bleuet gyogyogyo deep sea mascots ✨

#oarfish #ammonite #clione #nudibranch #mollusk #plushie #bleu bleuet #deep sea creatures #marine #sea slug #nudibranch plush #gastropods #sea angel #plushcore #kidcore #toycore #plushblr #plush #best #gastropod

[molabuddy]

oh yeah i drew an oarfish today :]

#fish #oarfish #original art #marine life #i HATE saying nice things about adobe but this was drawn w adobe fresco which is free and actually pretty fun

[hyruleairbnb]

Big king deluxe and a sus goblin shark inspired vendor that mixes you medicine that is helpful to use in certain environments (or not)

#the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #breath of the wild #link #zora #zora oc #deep sea au #deep ocean #deep sea creatures #oceancore #my art #oarfish #goblin shark

[caleod]

15-2-24

#moleskine #sketchbook #sketch #daily #dailyart #dailydrawing #dailypainting #dailysketch #sketchaday #artoftheday #art #artbook #artists on tumblr #watercolor #gouache #painting #oarfish #fish #animal #ocean #sea

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #550

Oarfish!

They tend to swim by undulating their very long dorsal fin and keeping the rest of their body still.

#fish #fish facts #fishfact #fishblr #marine biology #marine life #marine animals #sea animals #sea life #sea creatures #biology #zoology #oarfish

[stamp-it-to-me]

a 1987 South Korean stamp depicting a giant oarfish

[id: a postage stamp with a detailed illustration of an oarfish underwater. end id]

#south korea #fish #oarfish #request fill #animals #stamps #snail mail #postage

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🐠 Daily Fish Fact: 🐠

The Oarfish is the longest bony fish alive, growing up to 56ft in length. Their rarity and large size, along with occasional beachings of oarfish after storms, and their habit of lingering at the surface when sick or dying, make oarfish a probable source of many sea serpent tales.

#oarfish #sea serpent? #long boi #rare fish #fish #ocean #marine #ocean life #marine life #marine animals #ocean animal #marine biology #respect the locals #fish facts #daily fish fact #daily fish #fish post #shark blog #deep sea #deep sea fish

[crewdlydrawn]

All I can think is…

[correction: it’s not actually an oarfish, but a ribbon fish—however, the superstitious portent seems to remain the same]

#¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #animal crossing #animal crossing: new horizons #oarfish #puns #headlines #omen #sea creatures #it’s not an oarfish after all #but still

[bethanythebogwitch]

Wet Beast Wednesday: oarfish

It's the first Wet Beast Wednesday of the year. A year is a long time, and do you know what else is long? Oarfish! (A+ segue right there). Oarfish are long, skinny, and large fish of the family Regalecidae known for their odd appearances. There are three known species of oarfish in two genera: Agrostichthys parkeri, Regalecus russelii, and the most famous: Regalecus glesne.

(image id: a giant oarfish swimming. It is a long, serpentine fish with silvery skin ands multiple black patches. A short, red dorsal fin runs down its back and a crest of fin rays is on the head. end id)

All oarfish are poorly understood due to their deep-sea habitats leaving it hard to study them in the wild. As such, most information about them is known from rare wild sightings and carcasses. Adults live between 250 and 1000 meters (660 to 3300 ft) down, but larvae are occasional juveniles are found near the surface. Living oarfish that end up near the surface are likely to quickly die of depressurization. All species are long, slender, and scaleless, with elongated fin rays at the leading edge of the dorsal and pectoral fins that result in training crests. Their mouths are small and usually toothless (though some have been found with vestigial teeth) and can protrude outward. This protrusion creates suction, which the oarfish uses to draw food into its mouth. Its diet consists of zooplankton, primarily krill and shrimp, but also jellyfish, squid, small fish, and other crustaceans. They lack swim bladders and likely have to actively swim to maintain their position in the water column. Oarfish are believed to use two kinds of locomotion. They can undulate their whole body or by holding the body straight and moving only the long dorsal fin. Regardless of method, oarfish are not strong swimmers. Many of the vertebrae in the tail are hyper-ossified, meaning they have excess bone growth. This is believed to provide support for the tail as it moves and prevent fractures. It also likely helps control buoyancy. In some specimens, the tail appears to be blunted. This is speculated to be the result of self-amputation. The hypothesis is that the oarfish can drop part of its tail to escape predators. The predator would then go after the tail rather than expend more energy attacking the fleeing fish. The ability to lose a body part like this is called autotomy. While some animals who practice autotomy can regrow the lost body part, there is no evidence that oarfish can regrow their tails. Little is known about oarfish reproduction, but they are presumed to reproduce externally and provide little or no parental care. Larval oarfish float below the ocean's surface and feed on plankton. Juvenile oarfish have occasionally been found swimming at shallow depths. It is not clear how long oarfish development takes or at what point they descend into the deep sea. The lifespan is also unknown. Footage of oarfish in their natural habitat shows that they spend a lot of their time positioned vertically in the water, with their heads facing the surface. This would help them spot prey silhouetted against the sunlit surface of the water.

(image id: a closeup of the head of a giant oarfish lying on sand. The head is indistinct from the body. It has a large, silver eye with black pupil. The mouth is oriented vertically, making it look very odd compared to most fish mouths. The rest on its head and elongated pectoral fin rays are visible. End id)

(image id: four pictures of larval Regalecus russelii. It is of a similar body shape to an adult, but shorter and without pigment. The first fin rays for the head and fin crests are visible. End id. source)

The smallest of the oarfish is Agrostichthys parkeri, sometimes called the streamer fish. Small is a relative term as it can grow up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) long. Unlike the other known oarfish, it has hard nodules on its skin that may help with defense. A. parkeri is the least-well known of the oarfish. Only seven specimens have ever been examined. They have only ever been found in the southern Pacific ocean. The next largest is Regalecus russelii, Russell's oarfish. It can reach 5.4 meters (18 ft) long and is found worldwide along the equator. The largest and most famous species is Regalecus glesne, the giant oarfish. At recorded sizes up to 8 meters (26 ft) and 270 kg (600 lbs) and unconfirmed reported sizes up to 11 meters (36 ft), the giant oarfish is the longest bony fish alive today. Truley the longest of bois. They are found worldwide between the equatorial and polar regions.

(image id: the head of a deceased Agrostichthys parkeri lying on sand. Its head is longer than that of the giant oarfish and the open mouth appears as an extension of the head. end id)

(image id: a juvenile Regalecus russelii found in the great barrier reef. It looks similar to the giant oarfish, but is considerably smaller and its body is a pale blue. end id)

Due to their long, slender bodies, relative rarity, and extreme size, sightings of oarfish are speculated to have been responsible for many sightings of sea serpents. While most sea serpents were described as terrifying monsters that would attack ships, oarfish are completely harmless to humans. The reverse is not the case, as oarfish are occasionally caught as bycatch. There is no commercial fishery for oarfish as their meat is too poor quality to be used as food. One common name for oarfish is "king of herrings". This came from early reports of them apparently swimming amongst schools of herring, with sailors assuming the oarfish were leading the herring. In Japanese mythology, oarfish are known as "Ryūgū-no-tsukai" which translates to "messengers from the palace of the sea god". A bit of Japanese folklore considers oarfish to be harbingers of earthquakes. There is no scientific evidence for any relationship between oarfish and earthquakes, but the belief got boosted after mass strandings of Russel's Oarfish happened in early 2010 and a massive earthquake occurred in 2011. Little is known about the conservation needs of all species of oarfish and no species currently has legal protection.

(image id: 17 people (with more in the background) holding up a deceased giant oarfish to show its scale. end id)

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