Alison Laferriere, a graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, stumbled upon the 9.5-foot long fish during a beach walk. "I thought, 'Wow, this is amazing.

Alison Laferriere, a graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, stumbled upon the 9.5-foot long fish during a beach walk. "I thought, 'Wow, this is amazing.

Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern California.

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at Grandview Beach in Encinitas.

Scripps Oceanography doctoral candidate Alison Laferriere saw the fish on Grandview Beach in Encinitas two weeks ago. It was taken to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center to be studied.

Alison Laferriere / Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The more recent arrival of a 9 ½-foot oarfish at Grandview Beach in Encinitas was preceded in August by an estimated 12-foot-long fish ...

Alison Laferriere, a Ph.D. student, discovered the 10-foot-long fish. This fish was collected for samples and then frozen, the school said in the post.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography previously said doctoral candidate Alison Laferriere made the sighting. The organization shared several images of the fish on Instagram on Nov. 13, ...

(Alison Laferriere/Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Scripps Oceanography researchers helped transport the newly found oarfish to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ...