By Filipa Gaspar

An angler has landed an ultra-rare “prehistoric” fi sh off the Cornish coast, which is seldom seen by humans.

Fishing enthusiast Owen Mates sailed 10 miles out from Falmouth Bay, Cornwall when he caught the elusive wreckfish.

The deep-sea species gets its name from its tendency to inhabit shipwrecks on the ocean floor.

The angler's land has been deemed one of the rarest catches ever recorded in local waters.

Owen runs the popular Kayak Fishing Cornwall YouTube channel and he was fishing around 10 miles offshore in Falmouth Bay with two friends.

The trio was shark fishing on Sunday, September 28, when the unusual fish appeared near the surface.

Owen said: “We had a chum slick out and were targeting blue sharks when this strange-looking fish started circling t

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