In another clip, the institute explains that the unique fish have tiny eyes and use the vibrations in the water around them to find their way about their environment. This whalefish (order Cetomimiformes) was encountered by team on their R/V Western Flyer expedition 2,013 meters deep offshore of Monterey Bay. #FreshFromTheDeep: A whalefish was spotted last week with ROV Doc Ricketts! The researchers said that they have only encountered this obscure group of fishes 18 times in 34 years of deep-sea exploration through the use of ROV’s. It added: “With each deep-sea dive, we uncover more mysteries and solve others.”

“Whalefish have rarely been seen alive in the deep, so many mysteries remain regarding these remarkable fish,” MBAR said on Twitter. Sightings of the fish are a unique spectacle, as the creature typically lives below the ocean’s surface in the mysterious depths of the deep sea. Researchers explained that the female fish was encountered by a team at the institute 2,013 meters deep offshore of Monterey Bay. A bright orange, female whalefish was filmed gliding through the water by researchers - Twitter/ MBARIĪn elusive “shape-shifting” whalefish has been spotted off the coast of California in a rare sighting of the unique deep-sea creature.Ī bright orange, female whalefish was filmed gliding through the water by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBAR) said on Twitter.Ī clip of the unique fish shared by the institute showed it shifting through the water in the dark depths of the ocean.

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