
Rare deep sea fish found washed ashore near San Diego
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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego confirmed to Fox News that a football fish had been found a beach near San Diego.
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego confirmed to Fox News that a football fish was found on Swami’s Beach in Encinitas, California on Dec. 10. The fish, a female, measured to about 13-inches-long and weighed 5.5 pounds.
According to Scripps, only 31 known specimens of this particular species of fish have been collected worldwide.
The football fish is a deep-sea creature and is part of the anglerfish family.
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