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Okay - well I found this very good post (by cthulhu) on the excellent memepool.com site - 27th Feb 2003.
Slight edit. memepool.com is well worth a daily visit.
The oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world. It has been reliably documented at eight meters - some specimens over fifteen meters have been claimed. The oarfish is a deep-water fish, which normally lives on strained plankton and only surfaces when sick or dead. It is often thought that ancient maritime legends of sea serpents originate from rare sightings of oarfish. Because the oarfish looks like a snake, it was always assumed that it moved like a snake in water as well. Recently, however, video footage of the oarfish proves otherwise. The fish moves with its body in a vertical swimming position.
Slight edit. memepool.com is well worth a daily visit.