Specialists from the Institute of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego announced the discovery of a rare species of fish, the grinner, off the coast of Southern California, USA. A graduate student from this institute discovered this representative of marine fauna on the beach of Insenitas last week. The length of the fish ranges from 9 to 10 feet.
These long, pelagic fish typically inhabit deep waters where light does not penetrate and serve as a predation base for predators. They are often referred to as "Apocalypse fish" due to their legendary reputation predicting earthquakes or catastrophic events. On the beaches of Japan, in the months leading up to the 2011 earthquake, 20 grinner fish were found, reports the British newspaper "Independent".
This is already the second case of grinner fish discovery in this area this year. The director of the institute's marine hebrids group, Ben Frable, noted: "Just like in the case of the previous grinner, these specimens and the data obtained from them could tell us a lot about the biology, anatomy, and genetics of these fish, as well as their life history."
Since the beginning of 1901, only 20 grinner fish have been documented, floating or washed ashore in California.