One of the biggest freshwater fish in North America ... thought just freshwater," wrote one person. "That is scary looking" read another comment. "I have seen the gar before but never had a ...

Condrik Tenerife said the fish was a humpback anglerfish, a type of black seadevil. The scary-looking fish is usually found in water depths of 1,500 meters, where little to no sunlight reaches and ...

An Instagram post featuring the beached fish has since garnered more than 267,000 likes and 5,000 comments. People realised it was an oarfish, which is a striking-looking deep sea fish.