However, the first deep-sea anglerfish ever discovered was found on a beach in Greenland in 1833.Įxperts say there are just 30 known specimens of this species.

This is only the third known to wash up in California.Īccording to KGTV, this type of anglerfish has been found in California, Japan, Hawaii, Ecuador, Chile, and the Phillippines. The last time a fish like this washed up in San Diego was 20 years ago in December 2001 at Dog Beach in Del Mar, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. on Saturday, November 13 when he saw a strange object sitting on the beach, reports KGTV.Īt first, he thought it was a jellyfish, but as he got closer he released it was something much, much stranger.Īccording to experts, the strange sea creature is the Pacific Footballfish, also known by its scientific name Himantolophus sagamius, and they usually live in waters 3,000 feet deep. Jay Beiler was walking at Black's Beach in Torrey Pines around 4:40 P.M. But recently, San Diego beachgoers got an up-close look at one of those creatures. Humans have been left to merely wonder what creatures lurk in the deepest trenches of the sea. A Pacific Football fish, a species of an anglerfish, washed up in California The creature is deemed a rare find for how complete its body is These fish lives some 3,00 feet below the surface and.

Angler fish washed up