Hooked fish
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2013-10-30 09:44A 5-meter oarfish, also called king of the herrings, was caught in Taiwan’s Taitung county, United Daily News reported.
Usually trapped by fishing nets, it is the first time that an oarfish was caught by hooks in Taitung. The fish, weighing more than 60kg, required four men to lift it.
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