A very long, narrow silvery marine fish of deep water, with a deep red dorsal fin running the length of the body.
皇带鱼。亦称RIBBONFISH，KING OF THE HERRINGS
Regalecus glesne, family Regalecidae
Also called ribbonfish, king of the herrings
Example sentencesExamples
The Oarfish is reported to be the longest of all fishes.
Oarfish can reach lengths of 60 feet, and live in the abyssal plain, about 6000 feet below the ocean's surface.
They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water.
The oarfish, also called the ‘king of herrings’ is the one of two members of the Regalecus (Latin for regal) genus.
Working from a duplicate slide, he identified the fish as the oarfish noting, however, that the head appeared more blunt than in existing illustrations.
Definition of oarfish in US English:
oarfish
nounˈôrˌfiSH
A very long, narrow silvery marine fish of deep water, with a deep red dorsal fin running the length of the body.
皇带鱼。亦称RIBBONFISH，KING OF THE HERRINGS
Regalecus glesne, family Regalecidae
Also called ribbonfish
Example sentencesExamples
They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water.
The oarfish, also called the ‘king of herrings’ is the one of two members of the Regalecus (Latin for regal) genus.
The Oarfish is reported to be the longest of all fishes.
Working from a duplicate slide, he identified the fish as the oarfish noting, however, that the head appeared more blunt than in existing illustrations.
Oarfish can reach lengths of 60 feet, and live in the abyssal plain, about 6000 feet below the ocean's surface.