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This beautiful and very rare 1-2 inch long fish is a deep water larval ribbonfish. Ribbonfish are one of 10 species belnging to the order Lampriformes, which includes the world’s longest bony fish, the oar fish, which grows to 26ft. in length. Learn more about ribbonfish.