how cool is this oarfish?

[sachabballi reef]

The giant oarfish, the largest bony fish alive, has finally been caught on camera in its natural environment. 

Marine biologists at Louisiana State University captured the mysterious fish on camera through a partnership with an offshore drilling company in the Gulf of Mexico.

The scientists used the company's remote-operated submersibles and observed the oarfish five times between 2008 and 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSQME6qZq74

[Huly]

Very cool!

[Jason Rhoads]

That is an alien!

[mogurnda]

Totally freaking cool.  I always thought they undulated their whole bodies, but it's just the dorsal fin.  Like a giant knife fish.

 

But is it reef safe?

[Integral9]

I bet it tastes like Yellow Tang.  You know, the "Chickens of the Sea"