Ghoulish footballfish makes rare appearance on Orange County beach

Ghoulish footballfish makes rare appearance on Orange County beach

By Andrew J. Campa

Source: latimes

10/21/2023

Credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

For the second time in three years, a rare and otherworldly-looking black anglerfish was found at Newport Beach’s Crystal Cove State Park, showing up on Friday the 13th with its gaping mouth, jagged, translucent teeth and spiny dorsal fin.

Officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife identified the aquatic creature as being a Pacific footballfish, one of 200 species of anglerfish worldwide.
The female specimen is roughly 14 inches, measuring from mouth to tail fin, according to Michelle Horeczko, a senior environmental scientist supervisor with the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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