Odd-looking fish, largest of its kind, washes up on beach, stumps experts

Odd-looking fish, largest of its kind, washes up on beach, stumps experts

Source: Fox News

6/9/2024

Credit: Tiffany Boothe/Seaside Aquarium

A stunning fish recently washed ashore in the Pacific Northwest, and experts say it belongs to a newly discovered species.

In a June 6 Facebook post, the Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, announced that the unusual aquatic creature was found at a beach in Gearhart on June 3. Experts say that the fish – a hoodwinker sunfish – measured 7.3 feet long.

The hoodwinker sunfish has only been identified as a unique species in the past 10 years. Its sighting is so unusual that Seaside Aquarium said locals flocked to see the fish themselves.

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