Species

Giant Oarfish

Fish

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Nature Atlas. "Giant Oarfish." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/giant-oarfish.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Giant Oarfish. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/giant-oarfish

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-giant-oarfish,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Giant Oarfish},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/giant-oarfish},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

The giant oarfish is a species of oarfish in the family Regalecidae, with an oceanodromous, worldwide distribution excluding polar regions. Other common names for the species include Pacific oarfish, king of herrings and ribbonfish.

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