Nature loves to surprise, and this time she threw another surprise on a California beach. An unknown huge fish was found on the coast of Southern California. Surprisingly, similar fish species live off the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Chile. Scientists from all over the world are excited by the unusual find, and locals are looking at the overseas guest with interest and taking pictures with her.
How a fish of unprecedented size was brought thousands of kilometers from its native shores and what kind it belongs to, find out from our material.
Overseas guest: a huge fish living in Australia was found on a California beachA strange huge fish, in an unknown way, turned out not to be in its habitat, but on the other side of the globe.
A two-meter hulk washed ashore near an oil storage facility on Santa Barbara Beach in Southern California. Such a fish has not yet been seen off the coast of North America. Similar species live only in the waters of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.Overseas guest: a huge fish living in Australia was found on a California beachIchthyologist Marianne Nyegaard was stunned by the photos she saw. She was the first to discover a new species in 2017 and called this fish a "liar." The researcher assigned such an interesting name to the fish for the fact that it easily disguises itself in any environment, deceiving other marine life. The fish found on the California coast is very similar to this particular variety.
Overseas guest: a huge fish living in Australia was found on a California beachThe trucker fish miraculously crossed the equator. Unfortunately, when Jessica Nielsen, an employee of the oil storage facility, found her on the beach, the fish was already dead. The woman posted photos of the strange find on her Facebook page.
Overseas guest: a huge fish living in Australia was found on a California beachThe unusual fish was examined by a local biologist Thomas Turner, who came with his son to the site of the discovery. He shares Marianne's point of view that this is an oceanic fish of unknown origin.
Overseas guest: a huge fish living in Australia was found on a California beachThe fish found has a large round hole instead of a mouth, but there are no teeth, and there is also no tail. In this way she resembles the "deceivers" discovered by Mrs. Nygaard two years ago. In addition, there are the same number of bones in her skeleton and other physical indicators coincide.Overseas guest: a huge fish living in Australia was found on a California beachIchthyologists are now exploring the waters of North America to find out if this fish is the only one that has swum so far, or if its other relatives live here.Overseas guest: a huge fish living in Australia was found on a California beachThe natural world is full of riddles that humanity will have to solve for a long time. Many phenomena that seem to have been studied for a long time sometimes amaze with new details. Nature is an unfinished book in which new chapters are constantly appearing.