| According to Japanese mythology, the oarfish is a messenger from the dragon god of the sea. |
| It was handed over to the marine aquarium at Macduff where staff reckoned it was either an oarfish or a dealfish. |
| The first sighting of the oarfish was an 18-footer that surprised a diver off Catalina Island. |
| They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water. |
| Working from a duplicate slide, he identified the fish as the oarfish noting, however, that the head appeared more blunt than in existing illustrations. |
| Staff members at the Catalina Island Marine Institute are calling the carcass of an 18-foot oarfish the discovery of a lifetime. |
