Oarfish - a legendary sea monster

Oarfish - a legendary sea monster
In the past, when cars and airplanes have not been there, the travelers explore the world by ship. And since then came the legends of sea monsters are incredible. Are these monsters really exist? or just a delusion of sailors who are drunk? Although science can not determine with certainty the identity of these monsters, but at least there are some that could be considered prime suspects. This is one of them, Regalecus Glesne or Oarfish.

If you look at his picture, I think you would not be surprised to see these creatures are often mistaken for a monster or sea serpent.

These fish belong to the category of rare and very seldom seen. Because of scarcity, so fish is never caught on camera in a state of life until 2001.
He belongs to the family Regalecidae which has four species. One species, Regalecus Glesne, we're talking about this, never entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for having been found living with a body length of up to 11 meters.

The food is plankton and tiny sea creatures other. He was able to live up to a depth of 1,000 meters. Surprisingly, this fish has no scales. His body was covered only by a kind of membrane, called guanine.
This fish has a single fin is red and includes a loner fish. However, when these fish are sick or dying, it seems the loner is not willing to die in loneliness. So he climbed to the top surface of the sea and stay there until death. Possible to attract the attention of the sailors, or just want to look at the sun for the last time.

The sailors of the past may have seen these fish at the surface and perceive it as a sea monster. For example, in 1860, when a 5-meter long Oarfish beached Bermuda, the residents soon to link with the legendary sea monster.

Although science has been able to open the veil of this rare fish, but I think, every new person who first saw this fish will be amazed, just like when I saw it for the first time.

(wikipedia, seasky.org)