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Definition of oarfish in English: oarfishnounPlural oarfishesˈɔːfɪʃˈôrˌfiSH A very long, narrow silvery marine fish of deep water, with a deep red dorsal fin running the length of the body. Regalecus glesne, family Regalecidae Also called ribbonfish, king of the herrings Example sentencesExamples - The Oarfish is reported to be the longest of all fishes.
- Oarfish can reach lengths of 60 feet, and live in the abyssal plain, about 6000 feet below the ocean's surface.
- They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water.
- The oarfish, also called the ‘king of herrings’ is the one of two members of the Regalecus (Latin for regal) genus.
- Working from a duplicate slide, he identified the fish as the oarfish noting, however, that the head appeared more blunt than in existing illustrations.
Definition of oarfish in US English: oarfishnounˈôrˌfiSH A very long, narrow silvery marine fish of deep water, with a deep red dorsal fin running the length of the body. Regalecus glesne, family Regalecidae Also called ribbonfish Example sentencesExamples - They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water.
- The oarfish, also called the ‘king of herrings’ is the one of two members of the Regalecus (Latin for regal) genus.
- The Oarfish is reported to be the longest of all fishes.
- Working from a duplicate slide, he identified the fish as the oarfish noting, however, that the head appeared more blunt than in existing illustrations.
- Oarfish can reach lengths of 60 feet, and live in the abyssal plain, about 6000 feet below the ocean's surface.
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