Someone Found A Washed-Up 100lb Opah Fish On The Beach

In the morning of July 15, 2021, a 100-pound tropical fish was found washed ashore on Sunset Beach, Oregon. The three and a half foot long fish looked unfamiliar so the people who discovered it have to take photos of it and report it to the Seaside Aquarium. When the aquarium staff arrived to recover the fish, they find out that the large fish is an opah, also commonly known as moonfish. This particular species is unheard of in the area and is not native to Oregon.

The unusual fish was found dead which most likely explained how the waves brought it to the shore of Oregon. But the questions on how did it die and why a deep-sea tropical species would be swimming nearby still remain. Some people even blamed climate change that got these marine creatures confused with the temperature of their environment.