The scaleless fish within the picture was discovered alive.

Several freaky-looking fish with fanged jaws and big eyes have washed ashore on Oregon’s seashores, in accordance with Fox Weather. These fish are normally discovered greater than a mile deep within the ocean. Scientists are baffled by the sudden look of the fish which have fierce-looking tooth, bulging eyes and sail-like fin, the outlet additional stated. These lancetfish appear like they as soon as swam with the dinosaurs. The Oregon State Parks shared the information concerning the fish and its images on Facebook.

“Several lancetfish have washed ashore on Oregon’s beaches the last few weeks from Nehalem south to Bandon. These deep-sea fish live in tropical and subtropical waters and can migrate as far north as the Bering Sea to feed. No one is sure why they are washing ashore,” it stated within the Facebook put up.

“The one shown here was found alive, helped back to the ocean and it swam off,” the Oregon State Parks added.

The company requested beachgoers who see the fish to take images and put up them on-line, tagging the company and the NOAA Fisheries West Coast area.

According to NOAA Fisheries, these are the most important deep-sea fish that belong with the genus Alepisaurus, which implies “scaleless lizard”. The company stated these creatures can develop to greater than 7 ft lengthy and may swim to depths greater than a mile beneath the ocean floor.

Since 1982, NOAA groundfish surveys have discovered two lancetfish within the Gulf of Alaska, 4 close to the Aleutian Islands and 10 within the Eastern Bering Sea, Fox Weather stated citing NOAA Fisheries.