Talk:Oarfish
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Should it be noted that Oarfish is often misunderstood as Naga? I have seen a picture of an almost-ten-metre-long-or-more-oarfish claimed to be captured by US navy. Many people think that it's a real Naga. Especially people in Thailand and Lao since the belief in Naga is very strong there.
K, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.144.160.247 (talk • contribs) 07:36, 29 September 2006.
Hello,
I took out "Their modern discovery trace to 1808, when a 56-foot serpent-like creature washed ashore in Scotland." - this presumably refers to the Stronsay carcass, which has been pretty well established as a basking shark. (Heuvelmans' sea-serpent book quibbles with this identification, but all agree it wasn't an oarfish.)
69.236.167.164 08:46, 2 December 2006 (UTC)Carligula
How about an actual photograph of this animal? It would be a lot nicer than just a pair of drawings. I know someone caught one on film once, at the very least there must be stills from that somewhere. 71.217.114.221 22:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Question about wording
"It is probable that this little-known species can regularly reach a maximum length of at least 15.2 m (50 ft)"
Does "this little known species" mean (Regalecus glesne)?
Isn't it also known as the Ribbonfish, which has a different entry in Wikipedia?
