Discovery of scalpel fish off the coast of Oregon (USA) attracts scientists. Oregon State Parks officials announced this Monday that they have the following examples on their social networks: Alepisaurus feroxYouAlso called long-nosed sand snake or long-nosed sand snake, they’ve been popping up on that state’s beaches in recent weeks, which is rare.
Their rarity and grounding cannibalistic fish with large eyes and flamboyant dagger-like teethoccurred along a coastline of about 290 kilometers.
As reported by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), These fish live in tropical and subtropical waters at depths of 200 to 1,000 meters.. They are known to migrate as far north as the Bering Sea to feed. They can reach a large size length sometimes exceeding two meters and they have a sail-shaped fin that runs nearly their entire body. They do not have scales, have pores in their lateral lines, and their muscles are gelatinous.
Also known as beaked sandeels or scalpelfish. ‘cannibal fish’, because they sometimes eat their own young when they are still young.they often feed on crustaceans, cephalopods or tunicates, among other fish.
Possible reasons for their arrival ashore
“No one is sure why they landed”drew attention to Oregon State Parks officials from their Facebook profile. “Landings in Oregon and elsewhere aren’t exactly common or regular,” Daniel J. Kamikawa, a NOAA biologist, told Live Science.
Kamikawa suggests that these can be identified among possible explanations for the strandings. crippling diseases, the drag of storms, or a phenomenon known as heat shock.
The second occurs When a fish is suddenly exposed to a body of water that is much colder than its normal temperature range. “This causes the fish to go into ‘shock’ and can greatly incapacitate them and be fatal,” said the expert. “But still, these are all unproven theories,” he stressed.
There are still many unknown aspects of Sandeel’s life, but as it is known… they are hermaphrodite animalsat least in the youthful stages of their existence, that is, they have both male and female genitalia.
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