Regalec Fish
We could easily take this oceanic fish for a sea monster emerging from the depths.
Regalec fish. Poisson may refer to. King of herrings regalec glesne regalecus glesne and deal fish bogmare d islande trachipterus arcticus. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by hippolyte cloquet natural historian and doctor of medicine. Glesne is the world s longest bony fish its shape is ribbon like narrow laterally with a dorsal fin along its entire length.
Licensed to youtube by merlin kudosrecords on behalf of biophon records norway. The regalec swims in ripples and stays out of sight far below the surface. Oarfish are large greatly elongated pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the small family regalecidae. Despite its length it s harmless to humans it has no teeth and feeds on small crustaceans and pisces that it catches with its tunnel mouth.
Poisson saône et loire a commune of saône et loire france. Found in all temperate to tropical oceans yet rarely seen the oarfish family contains three species in two genera one of these the giant oarfish regalecus glesne is the longest bony fish alive growing up to 8 m 26 ft in length. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from jussieu s dictionnaire des sciences naturelles 1816 1830. Adolphe poisson bay a body of water located to the southwest of gouin reservoir in la tuque mauricie.
Its physical characteristics and its undulating mode of swimming have led to speculation that it might be the source of many sea serpent sightings. While kayaking in baja mexico on a trip organized by un cruise adventures guests filmed two giant oarfish. Regalec is the word that the french know for oarfish. Poissons a commune of haute marne france.
Bmi broadcast music inc sodrac sony atv publishing. The common name oarfish is thought to be in reference. Poisson surname a french surname poisson crater a lunar crater named after siméon denis poisson the french word for fish. Rare giant oarfish filmed in mexico.
While rarely filmed alive and even more seldom in a healthy state this fascinating creature of the ocean is striking. It is a rarely seen species of fish most of the time seen dead on a beach. The oarfish was originally described as regalecus glesne by ascanius in 1772. The giant oarfish regalecus glesne is a species of oarfish of the family regalecidae it is an oceanodromous species with a worldwide distribution excluding polar regions other common names include pacific oarfish king of herrings ribbonfish and streamer fish.