Talk:Giant oarfish

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Sightings
I found an article on a recent sighting of an Oarfish. The first article seems pretty good, but I feel the second article is way more opinionated. What are your opinions on this? Would you use these sources? (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/20/divers-coast-taiwan-catch-rare-giant-oarfish-on-video/70441776007/) (https://news.sky.com/story/rare-deep-sea-oarfish-known-as-harbinger-of-doom-spotted-off-taiwan-coast-12924004) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanavatnet (talk • contribs) 21:10, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Untitled
They stupidly gave it the nickname "Earthquake Fish."

^^^ Do we really want to say this?


 * Where? [Also, please sign your posts.] Smarkflea (talk) 23:26, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Removed sighting claim
Removed the following claim from the Sightings section: On April 6, 2011, a live specimen measuring 3.5 m (11.5 ft) was found off the east coast of Taiwan, nearly a month after the devastating tsunami hit Japan in March. The Taiwanese fishermen believed that it surfaced to the shallow water because of the earthquake in Japan. They gave it the nickname "Earthquake Fish". The Ribbonfish article claims Taiwanese fishermen call it the earthquake fish. The claim on this article had a link to a Taiwanese news source, but I found it 404 and removed it. Trying to replace it, I googled "earthquake fish"; apparently a lot of different fish are so-called--seems like any unusual fish that shows up after (or before) an earthquake. In addition to R. glesne, I also saw a sunfish, a swordfish, catfish in Lake Biwa, a ribbonfish in the Chesapeake... Anyway, I didn't find this particular sighting. Richigi (talk) 22:08, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Rewrite
I made extensive edits to this article, trying to conform it more closely to other fish taxa articles and the fish project guidelines. I completely removed the "Sightings" section for the moment, but will probably add it back in as "Notable sightings", limiting it to the very few incidents where a (probably) healthy specimen has been observed. There are actually quite a few sightings (and videos) of giant oarfish every year, and they are no longer considered as rare as they once were. Anyway, this is a work in progress. Richigi (talk) 06:12, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Merged material from Earthquake fish
Following Articles_for_deletion/Earthquake_fish, I merged the content of Earthquake fish. However, on checking the sourcing in that article, it turned out to be extraordinarily crappy - consisting of links to the Taiwanese WP, where the refs in turn were the slimmest of mentions. So I cut it down to the verifiable minimum and added a new source. --16:41, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Weight, mass
I see no information about the typical or maximum mass of the species. That data seems especially relevant for a creature distinguished by its size. Richlumaui (talk) 20:29, 7 October 2023 (UTC)