Fish with fangs keep washing up on Oregon beaches

Fish with fangs keep washing up on Oregon beaches

By John Ross Ferrara

Source: koin

5/2/2023

Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Serpent-like, deep-sea fish with protruding fangs, elevator-button eyes and scaleless, slithery bodies are washing up along Oregon beaches — and biologists aren’t sure why.

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced on Monday, May 1 that numerous lancetfish have washed ashore in Oregon in recent weeks. From Nehalem to Bandon, beachgoers have reported dead or dying lancetfish in the local surf.

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