A rare fish thought to live in the southern hemisphere has washed up in Santa Barbara, California.
The appearance of the seven-foot (2.1m) hoodwinker sunfish has baffled scientists, who question how the fish made it so far from its home waters.
An intern at the University of California spotted the animal at the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve.
It took researchers several days to properly identify the creature, which was only discovered in 2014.
Photos of the giant fish first appeared on the Coal Oil Point Facebook page, and experts from around the world weighed in to help identify the creature.
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