For the third time in several years, an oarfish washed up on Catalina Island this week. The oarfish is seldom seen alive, as it generally prefers waters about 600 feet deep. Above left, Annie MacAulay (in the green shirt), president of Mountain and Sea Adventures, and Misty Paig-Tran (in pink), of California State University, Fullerton, are part of the group measuring the oarfish. Paig-Tran, an assistant professor of Animal Functional Morphology/Biomechanics, flew over to Catalina when the fish was discovered.
For the third time in several years, an oarfish washed up on Catalina Island this week. The oarfish is seldom seen alive, as it generally prefers waters about 600 feet deep. Above left, Annie MacAulay (in the green shirt), president of Mountain and Sea Adventures, and Misty Paig-Tran (in pink), of California State University, Fullerton, are part of the group measuring the oarfish. Paig-Tran, an assistant professor of Animal Functional Morphology/Biomechanics, flew over to Catalina when the fish was discovered. Above right, the scientists dissect the oarfish. Photos by Dave Estrada
