‘Harbinger of doom’ oarfish found floating off California coast two days before earthquake struck

To make matters worse, the mystical fish was dead.

New York Post

Oh, for heaven’s hake.

A massive fish known as the “harbinger of doom” was found sulking off the coast of California last weekend — marking yet another end-of-the-world forewarning in recent weeks.

To make matters worse, the mystical fish was dead.

The 12-foot oarfish carcass — which is rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — was spotted by kayakers and snorkelers exploring San Diego’s La Jolla Cove.

The “doomsday fish” delivered on its promise — a 4.6 earthquake rattled Los Angeles just two days after its discovery.

Seemingly unafraid of its bad luck, however, the crew cuddled up next to the fish’s body and smiled in pictures with it before reporting their findings to UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Officials are performing a necropsy to determine what killed the juvenile oarfish and sent its body into shallow waters.

Oarfish are deep-sea dwellers and are rarely seen by humans. Even their bodies rarely float into shallow waters, making last week’s discovery extremely rare.

Only 20 oarfish have washed up in the entire state since 1901, the oceanography center said.

They are “strikingly large, odd-looking fish” with a long, silvery, ribbon-shaped body that can grow to be 30 feet long, according to the Ocean Conservatory…