Five live fish native to Japan were discovered inside a derelict boat in Washington state that is thought to have drifted across the Pacific after being hit by the March 11, 2011, tsunami, according to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.

A local resident found the 6-meter-long boat on the Long Beach Peninsula on March 22 and took one of the fish to Long Beach City Hall. That fish is now being exhibited in the Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon.

The black-and-white-striped fish were identified as barred knifejaws, also called striped beakfish, said Allen Pleus, aquatic invasive species coordinator at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The fish is doing well at the aquarium, where it is delighting visitors as the "Tsunami Fish." The other four fish are being dissected and studied to determine their age, what they have been eating and whether they were carrying any parasites or diseases that could harm local fish, said Pleus.