Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. This was made with Gouache and watercolor. The body has detail that gets lighter the further down on the body you go.

Today's Oarfish comes from Caleografia on Tumblr! They're an artist that does daily drawings of pretty much anything you can think of! The main tools that they use are watercolor and Gouache! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. This one was drawn digitally behind a blue gradient background imitating the sea. There are small bubbles around the Oarfish. (Brackets had to be put around artist username to stop it from turning into a link)

Today's Oarfish comes from [peter.digital_art]! They are a digital artist who aims to connect people, inspire emotions, and build a creative community where ideas and stories come together! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. This is a painting study of one. The body is noticably more shimmery and shinier than the rest of the Oarfish. The Oarfish is in a dark blue - kind of purple background.

Today's Oarfish comes from Van-Weasel on Weasyl! They're an artist and illustrator! They also make comics too! Weasyl is social gallery website designed creatives to share their work with other artists and fans! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing grey frills. This is a drawing of one most likely meant to serve as a diagram.

Today's Oarfish comes from the Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the Central and South East Atlantic Ocean! This is a publication that has illustrated keys for 552 species and detailed accounts with maps! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. This one has been embroidered on a pillow with likely other Oarfish swimming vertically. The body has a detailed pattern stitched onto it. There are small bubbles around the fish as well.

Today's Oarfish comes from sproutinglupine on Instagram! This piece was part of a collaborative effort called Spellbound Stitches to introduce stitchers to new embroidery materials! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. Although, this is just the head of an Oarfish. The head has a metallic look, while having a light blue tint. The frills are a very light pink.

Today's Oarfish comes from the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London! This is a British academic journal published from 1866 to 1984, specializing in comprehensive, illustrated papers on zoology! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. This was done with watercolor on paper. The name "Violetta Glemser" yields little to no results online.

Today's Oarfish comes from The Cooley Gallery! Their mission is to find and represent exceptional works of art by renowned or lesser-known artists and make them available to all levels of collectors! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. There are also small hints of red. This was drawn on top of a collage of comics. The gulper eel, coelacanth, and giant squid is also with the Oarfish. The art piece was done with oil pastel and gouache.

Today's Oarfish comes from rainstormcolors on Tumblr! They do lots of oil pastels, acrylic, watercolor, and digital art! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

A stock drawing of an Oarfish with a background full of hearts.

Happy Valentines Day. Oarfish wants you. So do I. #Oarfishdaily

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. The body is light blue. There is a banner on top that reads: Oarfish. This was made with pen and ink materials and then scanned digitally.

Today's Oarfish comes from Drawn by Doug! They're mostly a tattoo artist that also does art with paint, watercolor, and pen and ink! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Boosting ❤️ #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. It's against a light beige looking background. This was most likely done with specialty markers.

Today's Oarfish comes from Junikoon on Pinterest! They have many more lovely sketchbook drawings on their profile for you to see! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. This one has been caught and preserved for display. The fish lies on a wooden board.

Today's Oarfish comes from The Virtual Natural History Museum at Kochi University! This is one of the 86 national universities of Japan! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. With it are other Mesopelagic fishes such as the Hatchetfish, Viperfish, Lanternfish, and Longnose Greeneye.

Today's Oarfish comes from TrainerLizzie on Reddit! She's an Canadian Artist and graphic designer with a heavy focus on nature! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. There are also various other fishing objects/sea creatures. There is a Pufferfish, Giant Squid, and a crab. There is a sardine tin, fish hook, fish eggs, fish scales, and coral.

Today's Oarfish comes from trustfulgrumpy on Twitter! She's an artist from Russia! She also does commissions for many different subjects! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing blue frills. This is a linocut print of one. The primary color on this is blue. There are small blue stars around the oarfish.

Today's Oarfish comes from eggstuph on Instagram! She's a southeast Asian living in the Pacific Northwest! She surrounded herself with art of all kinds and have always maintained artistic endeavors as a fun side hobby! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. This was drawn digitally against a black background. It's body is scrunched up together.

Today's Oarfish comes from cathartic.outlet on Instagram! She's a biologist, artist & fellow fish appreciator! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

A simple drawing of an Oarfish by me. It's body is bright blue and the frills are pink.

Hello! Welcome to the corner of the internet where Oarfish swim free! I post Oarfish every Friday for your viewing pleasure! Use #Oarfishdaily to see more Oarfish as well! I hope you enjoy your stay! 🐟🐟🐟🐟

From Okami

Hey Guys! So, as I said before, I wont be posting daily anymore. But, I still want to post somewhat consistently, so now I'll post Oarfish every FRIDAY instead! And you're all in luck, because the first Friday of the year is tomorrow! Have a great 2026! #Oarfishdaily

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉🎉🎉Have a restful and successful 2026! And may the Oarfish always be with you : ) #NewYear #Oarfishdaily

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Tl; DR: I wont be posting daily in 2026, and going forward. Thank you all very much for believing in me and giving me your time. This page went through a lot of changes before I found what worked for me. Thank you for watching me talk about a silly long fish for a whole year. #Oarfishdaily

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. This was done on canvas with watercolors.

Today's Oarfish comes from DwimmerCrafter on DeviantArt! She's a watercolor painter who likes color, magic, and cute things! (TODAY'S THE DAY!) #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. This is a painting done with acrylic. There is an eclipse in the sky. There is also a power line. A Waffle House restaurant is in the corner. The oarfish is wrapped around a Waffle House sign. The words "Doomsday", "Emergency", and "Warning" are littered around.

Today's Oarfish comes from fininja on Tumblr! Did you know that the genus name, Regalecus, comes from the Latin naming for "royal"? #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing red frills. It's surrounded by blue swirls, ideally meant to represent water. This was done with crayons and color pencils.

Today's Oarfish comes from mysticalcats on Tumblr! They're a digital artist who has blogs about things like Transformers and Cats (1981) the musical! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing grey frills. This is a black and white pen drawing done with black ink. There is a black circle with a thin black outline surrounding the oarfish.

Today's Oarfish comes from roughforradio (Jessica Eggers) on Instagram! She is an award winning pen and ink artist based in South Africa! She's also inspired by nature, the sea and the sky! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. This was done on a canvas with gouache.

Today's Oarfish comes from niqvassie (Dominique Vassie) on Instagram! She's an illustrator and designer from the UK currently based in Tokyo! She also does projects like board game illustration and nature conservation work! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. It's drawn on paper with shades of light blue and green throughout the body. The text on the inside reads: opalescent oarfish orchestra oarfish opinions.

Today's Oarfish comes from Carolyn Hastings! She's practicing to be a children’s book writer! This is hosted on Medium, a site for or human stories and ideas! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing black frills. This is a massive woodcut print of one. It is outlined in black. The body is black with white spots.

Today's Oarfish comes from robbiewjwoodcuts (Robbie W. Jones) on Instagram! They specialize in making custom handmade woodcuts! (Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and to everyone else have a nice Thursday!) #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals

Merry Fishmas eve to all! And to everyone else, have a happy holiday! All the presents opened would probably be as long as the oarfish itself. And the food eaten too.🎄 #Oarfishdaily

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink-red frills. This is a sculpture of one, propped up by two sticks. There is a blue base with "Oarfish" in German.

Today's Oarfish comes from frilled_shark1 on Instagram! They're from Aschaffenburg, Germany! They also specialize in sculptures, drawings and paintings! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals