Big Fish

Along the coasts of Sweden, found the king of herrings. The last time one of these fish were found in Sweden only in 1879.
It is believed that such species can inspire stories about mythical sea creatures like the Loch Ness monster.


"The giant herring" length 3.65 meters was found near the west coast of Sweden. According to the maritime museum, is the first of this type of fish, coming across in this Scandinavian country for more than 130 years.
Regalecus glesne, known as the King of herring or giant herring, was found dead in a small fishing village Bovallstrand on the Swedish west coast about 90 kilometers from the Norwegian border.

"Downstairs in the water floated something big. At first we thought it was a big piece of plastic. But then we saw his eyes. I went to check and saw that it was a very strange fish," said the publication of Svenska Dagbladet, Kurt Ove Eriksson, a passerby, who found this instance.



Rare Regalecus, longest of bony fishes in the world, can reach 12 meters in length, to the experts.
"We do not know much about this kind of" say scientists from the Museum House of the sea in Lizekile, which brought this fish. She lives at great depths, at least at a depth of 1000 meters, and many attributed its origin to the myth of the sea serpent, or with stories of mythical sea creatures like the Loch Ness Monster.