Experts say three huge “apocalypse fish” were washed in a week, but the signs of disaster were another wet explosion. Australian News

As the saying goes, bad luck. This week, three ethereal paddlefish, nicknamed "Apocalypse Fish", were washed off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

Two headless specimens were found near Dunningding and Christchurch, New Zealand's South Island, after a fish was found on Monday on Tasmania's west coast.

But scientists say there is no evidence of any link between eyewitnesses and imminent natural disasters.

Earlier this week, a paddlefish was found near the small coastal settlement in Aramoana in northern Dunedin. Another washed up on Thursday on the stone beach near Bird Bird Apartment, a 45-minute drive from Christchurch.

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Andrew Stewart is the curator of the New Zealand Museum Te Papa Tongarewa, describing the fish as “beautiful” and “otherworldly” in its “pure blue, silver and crimson” colors.

The museum investigated collecting one of the "magnificent and ethereal fish", but the seagulls arrived first and removed their heads.

This is disappointing, Stewart said, because the head contains many key features such as ear bones, teeth and G-shooter. Otherwise, he said: "When you have a paddlefish, you have 8 meters of each meter that looks like other meters - rinse and repeat."

Stewart said there are about 20 confirmed ice fish sightings in New Zealand.

Paddlefish is considered to be the longest bone fish in the world. Photo: Andrew Stewart of New Zealand / Museum

He said the Moorfish might be the origin of the Sea Snake legend. Although, their reputation as a doombodies have little basis, given the peer-reviewed study conducted in 2019, it was found that there was no connection between the appearance of the paddlefish and the arrival of the earthquake.

Professor Nick Lin, a fish ecologist at Waikato University, said that witnessing paddlefish is relatively rare.

"They live in the ocean and people don't encounter them. Therefore, it's almost impossible to learn."

He said he is considered the world's longest bone fish, hanging vertically in the water and moving through the rotting anus and dorsal fins.

“They are really beautiful,” Lin said. “It’s an extraordinary way of life, just hanging there, vertically in the middle water, presumably waiting for your food to happen.”