Regalecus glesne Oarfish

In autumn I watched a documentary on legendary sea serpents and an amazing fish named Regalecus glesne (oarfish) was presented. I was blown away by the fantastic design of that real-life creature that I immediately wanted to paint a picture as a tribute to its beauty.

Orafish live in deep sea and little is known about their life as only dead specimens washed ashore have been found. In the documentary there was a piece of footage taken by an underwater robot near a production platform showing the fish swimming in vertical position.

If you don't believe this fish is real, google it, there are some photos of dead specimens