A rare deep-sea oarfish, also called a sea serpent, washed ashore near San Diego in Encinitas, and Scripps scientists are unsure what happened.

Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern California. Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers stumbled upon the rare fish, considered the largest vertebrate in the world’s oceans,

A rare fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on the shore of Encinitas in southern California. It is the second time this year that an oarfish has been found in the area. Sightings are very rare, with fewer than a couple of dozen having been seen on the state’s coast in 120 years.

When an oarfish washed up on a beach in La Jolla, California back in August it was the talk of the town (and the Marine Biology world) for weeks. These

A member of the Scripps Oceanography team spotted the dead fish outside of San Diego, California. The fish was estimated to be 9 to 10 feet in length, which was much smaller than the one recovered in La Jolla in August.

Mysterious deep-sea ‘doomsday fish’ found washed up on California beach - They are often referred to as ‘doomsday fish’ because of their mythical reputation as earthquake predictors

A rare oarfish, often called the "doomsday fish," was discovered on the shores of Grandview Beach in Encinitas, California. This marks the second sighting in the San Diego region this year, with the previous one occurring in August.

PhD candidate Alison Laferriere from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego discovered the nearly 10-foot-long oarfish on a beach in Encinitas, in southern California, last week. Oarfish are elusive creatures that dwell in the deep ocean — often as far as 3,