The video with the mysterious creature was sent to the TikTok service by the user Natalie1526n and has accumulated over 1.4 million views so far. Scientists began to wonder what this is - a squid, or maybe a species of marine animal that has never been seen before.

Some suggested that it was a bit like Demogorgon from Stranger Things. Indeed, the fished animal works on the imagination. What is this genre? Manta from Coney Island - It's a rolled up manta. This is a male, which can be seen after the large walwach (elements of the copulation apparatus). On closer inspection, I see that some have identified him as Raja eglanteria. That sounds logical, 'said James Maclaine, an ichthyologist at the Natural History Museum in London. Raja eglanteria is a species of cartilaginous fish of the skates family. Some species are fished for consumption but some may be dangerous. These animals are quite common on most of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts