{"id":30760,"date":"2026-03-10T12:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30760"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:57:44","slug":"doomsday-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/doomsday-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Doomsday Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Doomsday Fish Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two giant oarfish, rarely seen deep-sea creatures sometimes called \u201cdoomsday fish,\u201d were recently spotted near the shore in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in an extremely rare sighting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Doomsday Fish<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>oarfish <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is commonly known as the \u201cdoomsday fish\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> deep-sea dweller<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>rarely comes near the surface.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Regalecus glesne<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: They are <\/span><b>deep-sea dwellers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, thriving most often in the<\/span><b> zone least explored by scientists <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to date: the <\/span><b>mesopelagic zone (waters down to 1,000 meters).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Doomsday Fish <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known for its<\/span><b> long, ribbon-like body <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that <\/span><b>enables <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the species to <\/span><b>float inconspicuously <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throughout the water column.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also boasts <\/span><b>large eyes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>foreboding red spines that stick out to form a crown-like cluster.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oarfish can reach up to 30 feet (about <\/span><b>9 metres) lon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">g, making them the<\/span><b> longest bony fish known to exist in the ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>float vertically <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>use their reflective bodies <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a type of <\/span><b>camouflage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a filter<\/span><b> feeder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and primarily eats krill, plankton, and other small crustaceans.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Folklore Related to Doomsday Fish<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In some areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the world, these creatures are <\/span><b>seen as being harbingers of bad news, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">particularly<\/span><b> disasters or destruction.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The oarfish has the <\/span><b>nickname <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of \u201c<\/span><b>Ryugu no tsukai,\u201d or \u201csea god\u2019s palace messenger,\u201d in Japanese folklore.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><b>myth <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">traces back to the 17th century and <\/span><b>says that the surfacing of the oarfish <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>harbinger of future natural disasters.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/science\/watch-two-giant-doomsday-fishes-were-spotted-near-shore-in-mexico-in-a-rare-encounter-with-humans-article-13854917.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doomsday Fish is a deep-sea dweller that rarely comes near the surface. 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