Among marine organisms, deep-sea species rarely actively appear in shallow sea areas, because they have long been accustomed to the pressure of the deep sea, and the pressure of the deep sea is often much greater than that of the shallow sea, and deep sea species can easily cause casualties if they appear in the shallow sea. Recently, on the beach near Dunedin, New Zealand, residents have found a strange deep-sea fish - king stripe fish, which belongs to the longest bony fish species in the ocean.
According to resident Isaac, the royal band fish is about 3.6 meters long, and when it was first discovered, there were still signs of life, but it was very weak, and the residents tried to help it return to the deep sea, but was quickly washed back by the waves, which eventually led to the death of the kingfish. Some residents have also expressed concern that the emergence of deep-sea fish is likely to be related to deep-sea climate anomalies.
Biologist Bridety responded: This kingfish is likely to come from some deep-water canyons near the Otago Peninsula, and the reasons for its washed-up and death remain to be studied, not necessarily the deep-sea climate anomaly.
- How big can a kingfish be?
Fish bones according to the nature of cartilage and hard bone two categories, of which the kingfish belongs to the longest dura bony fish in the ocean, the body length is generally more than 3 meters, as for how big they can grow, it has not been fully determined, the body length can even grow to more than ten meters, for example, in 2006, australia offshore the sea surface found a body length of 8 meters of royal fish, floating motionless on the surface of the sea.
In the shallow waters of Mexico's Cortis Beach, longer kingfish have been found, and two 15-meter-long kingfish have appeared at the same time, which is surprising and frightening, and these two kingfish are also the longest bony fish in the world so far.
Therefore, it is very common for the king band fish to be 3 meters long, and the king band fish population is considered a small species, while the king band fish population mainly lives in the deep sea of 200 to 1000 meters in the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, feeding on a variety of small and medium-sized fish, squid, krill, crabs, etc.
Why is the royal striped fish called "earthquake fish"
Kingfish are also known as sea snakes, dragon king fish, large band fish, etc., in Japan there is also a "earthquake fish", because this fish generally appears on the beach after the ocean storm, thinking that if this fish is found in the shallow sea, it may be a deep sea earthquake or tsunami, is this really the case?
On the one hand, deep-sea species do not appear randomly in the shallow sea, and indeed it is likely to be related to deep-sea earthquakes, when the deep sea crust is abnormal, it will make them have an abnormal sense of direction, panic and run around, hiding in the shallow sea, so why after the storm, it is easier to find deep-sea species.
On the other hand, it is also related to the situation of deep-sea species themselves, which may be that they suffer from some kind of disease, including injuries, so that they cannot live in the deep sea as usual, unable to avoid the waves, and finally washed into the shoal by the waves. Therefore, there are many reasons for the emergence of deep-sea species, whether it is related to earthquake precursors, it cannot be simply judged, and more scientific demonstration is needed.
- Kingfish are also ferocious predators
The shape of the royal belt fish is somewhat peculiar, looking like a "sea snake", it is easy to see it as the prototype of the "sea dragon", so that some people will maintain a sense of mystery about the sea, but the huge body and ugly face make it look fierce and fierce, plus the hard upper and lower jaws are enough to bite the crustaceans, making the personality of the royal band fish very fierce, and even cannibalism.
King's stripe fish has fewer predator predators, coupled with living in the deep sea, it is more difficult to catch, poor meat quality, and is usually considered inedible, but with the increasing awareness of king striped fish, this fish has almost no scales and fish bones, etc., as well as ornamental and other values, hunters have begun to purse seine catch, and freshly sold king stripe fish in some places.
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