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| | Ocean Sunfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A member of order Tetraodontiformes, the ocean sunfish is the most derived of all the fishes and is the type species of its genus. | | | The Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) is a unique pelagic fish, perhaps the most massive bony fish in the world (but not the longest one; that honor probably goes to the Oarfish, known as the king of herrings). | | | Ocean Sunfish are commonly mistaken for sharks, as they often swim close to the surface and have dorsal fins that stick up out of the water in a shark-like fashion. |
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| | Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola |
| | To eat, the ocean sunfish will slurp in food through its beak, shred the food to pieces, spit it out, and then repeat the process until the food is small enough for it to swallow. | | | The sharptail sunfish, slender sunfish, and southern ocean sunfish are the only other three fish in the family Molidae. | | | Ocean sunfish eat crustaceans, starfish, jellyfish, sponges, mollusks, algae, plankton, squid, and small fish. |
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| | Sunfish family |
| | Although they are large, the ocean sunfishes are related to the small fishes of the porcupine fish, puffer and filefish groups. | | | Observations in tropical waters indicate, however, that a healthy, unstressed ocean sunfish is capable of strong swimming. | | | Ocean sunfish are of no commercial value, but are so curious in appearance that they excite interest wherever they wash ashore or come into shallow water. |
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http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/support/lib/seas/seasQA/QAs/s/sunfish.html
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| | Sunfish - Bluegill Fishing Lures and Fishing Jigs |
| | The bluegill, or coppernosed bream, is classified as Lepomis macrochirus, the common sunfish as Lepomis gibbosus, and the largest ocean sunfish as Mola mola | | | These sunfish often lie inert on the ocean surface, apparently sunning themselves. | | | The best-known species are the bluegill, or coppernosed bream, and the common sunfish, also known as the pumpkinseed. |
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| | Ocean Sunfish |
| | Ocean sunfish and freshwater sunfish are not related. | | | The great white shark is a cartilaginous fish, whereas the ocean sunfish is a bony fish. | | | The great white shark is a bony fish, whereas the ocean sunfish is a cartilaginous fish. |
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| | sunfish on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The totally unrelated ocean sunfish, or headfish, Mola mola, of the family Molidae, is allied to the puffer. | | | SUNFISH [sunfish] common name for members of the family Centrachidae, comprising numerous species of spiny-finned, freshwater fishes with deep, laterally flattened bodies found in temperate North America. | | | The crappies are the largest sunfishes, attaining a length of 1 ft (2.5 cm) and a weight of 2 lb (.9 kg). |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/sunfish.asp
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| | Mola mola |
| | Although Mediterranean climates have cool ocean temperatures, such as the California, Canary and Australian currents, it nevertheless is still a livable environment for this fish. | | | The Mola mola is a cosmopolitan fish in that it is found in subtropical, tropical and even temperate oceans, much like the other members of the Molidae family (the Ranzania, and the Masturus) which are also considered cosmopolitan (Wheeler 1975). | | | "New Genus of Primitive Ocean Sunfish with Seperate Premaxillae from the Eocene of Southwest Russia." Copeia. |
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http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall00Projects/Mola.html
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| | Our Ocean World |
| | If they gave a prize for "fish with the strangest shape," the winner might be the ocean sunfish. | | | Sunfish eat mostly jellyfish, with the occasional brittle star, shrimp, or small fish for variety. | | | The common name "sunfish" describes this fish's habit of basking in the sun. |
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http://www.ouroceanworld.com/2001/archive/2001-01/text0101a/020225.htm
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| | Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola, Natural History Photographs |
| | Mola mola is found in all oceans in tropical and temperate climes, and is known to eat gelatinous zooplankton (jellyfish) and probably small fishes and algae. | | | Ocean Sunfish :: Mola mola :: Pelagic Oddity, Largest of the Bony Fishes | | | Mola mola is sometimes observed breaching the ocean surface and landing with a splash, perhaps attempting to dislodge parasites. |
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| | Aquarium of the Pacific |
| | Ocean sunfish are the largest of the bony fishes. | | | Although ocean sunfish is its most common name, this bony fishs scientific name, Mola mola, is also used as a common name. | | | The name ocean sunfish probably comes from a common behavior of these fishlying on their side at the surface of the water apparently enjoying the warmth of the sun. |
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http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ANIMAL_DATABASE/ADBprint.asp?id=161
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| | The region is full of water since it is part of the ocean. | | | The pelagic zone is one of the ocean's four biomes. | | | To fill the place of orca whales, the ocean sunfish had to make a lot of changes. |
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| | KodiakDailyMirror.com :: Daily newspaper of Kodiak, Alaska |
| | The ocean sunfish is not the only type of warm-water fish that Kodiak is seeing this year. | | | Winds of the entire West Coast, have decreased and there has been a substantial amount of warm water on the coast, the oceanography professor said. | | | Ocean sunfish are clear evidence of the warm-water trend, not only because of their similar habitat, but also because they only drift. |
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| | 'Shark' sighting most likely an ocean sunfish: 9/13/02 |
| | And the clincher is that the ocean sunfish is an odd-looking creature that isn't shaped like a regular fish with a standard fish tail. | | | But they all said that ocean sunfish are common off the Vineyard and Noman's in the summer and are often mistaken for sharks, as the triangular dorsal fin and large size are similar. | | | In all probability, it was one and the same creature -- an ocean sunfish -- that rose playfully from the surface and then swam lazily by some awestruck anglers. |
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| | Diving in south Bali: Nusa Penida, Ceningan, Lembongan, Nusa Dua, Sanur, Benoa: description of dive sites, maps, dive operators, the Mola Mola ocean sunfish (Zubi) |
| | In August and September you can also find the Mola Mola ocean sunfish here. | | | The sunfish actually belongs to the same family as the puffer fish (Tetraodontidae), it is the largest bony fish and can reach up to 3m length and weights probably about a ton. | | | The south of Bali is known for its current swept dive sites around the islands of Nusa Penida, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Lembongan where you find some really remarkable animals - the Mola Mola sunfish as well as large pelagic fish such as tunas, rays, manta rays, mackerels and sharks. |
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Richard Louv -- Solstice of the sunfish |
| | The world's largest known bony fish (sharks and rays are cartilaginous), the ocean sunfish can grow to 5,000 pounds. | | | We had encountered one of the strangest fish in the sea, an ocean sunfish, or mola mola. | | | I had never seen an ocean sunfish before, and was moved by its beauty. |
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| | MBNMS Ecosystem Observations 2003: Open Ocean & Deep Water Systems |
| | Between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Mola mola populations appear clearly divided, while intra-oceanic differences between northern and southern hemispheres appear nominal. | | | The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, is sighted here year-round, however September through November provide the most likely chances for encountering these uniquely shaped open ocean travelers. | | | This California work is part of a global effort to track ocean sunfish and record species prevalence and distribution in all tropical and temperate oceans. |
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| | Sunfish Airlifted to Freedom / Monterey Bay Aquarium may have set North American record |
| | Ocean sunfish, or Mola mola, are among the weirdest-looking fish in the ocean. | | | The 880-pound behemoth is believed to be the largest ocean sunfish ever kept in a North American aquarium and easily the biggest ever returned to the ocean. | | | MONTEREY -- After six months of planning, exhaustive engineering studies and a big lift from a helicopter, an overweight ocean sunfish was returned to the wild yesterday morning by crews from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. |
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| | My Musings |
| | Mola mola or the ocean sunfish are entirely different from freshwater sunfish (which includes the families of bass). | | | Mola mola (ocean sunfish), Masturus lanceolatus (Sharptail mola) and Ranzania laevis (Slender sunfish), Mola ramsayi (southern sunfish), Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii and Amblypharyngodon mola | | | They are called ocean sunfish because of their habit of lying at the surface almost motionless as if they were sunning themselves. |
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| | Fishing Forum |
| | Ocean Sunfish are common at the location you were at but are uncommon at this time of year. | | | What was it, was it a half of white shark, no there were no blood and entrails (besides, what could chomp a white in half?) The odd body shape and its docile and curious disposition made me think Ocean Sunfish. | | | Yes sunfish are common, at least in the Gulf of Maine during the warm summer months. |
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| | Blue Ocean - Ocean Sunfish |
| | Ocean sunfish, or "Mola mola", are the largest bony fish species, sometimes growing to a diameter of 10 feet across! | | | They are regularly seen near the water surface, and its thought that sunlight aids in their digestion of the plankton and jellyfish they feed on. |
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| | Ocean facts for kids |
| | The heaviest fish ever caught was the OCEAN SUNFISH. | | | It uses mucous (like spit) to make a see-through bag all around it's body to protect it from attack by other creatures in the ocean. | | | It does this by swooshing into the water and scooping up as many fish as possible. |
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| | BBC NEWS Wales Boy struck by giant tropical fish |
| | The Grey family were fishing off the coast of Pembrokeshire when the ocean sunfish - weighing around 30kg - landed on top of their son Byron. | | | Sunfish - the world's largest bony fish - are native to warm, tropical waters and are less common in the UK. | | | Marine-watchers said several sunfish - which normally live in warm, tropical waters - had been seen off the Pembrokeshire coast in recent months. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Related Items - Atlantic Ocean |
| | , also called headfish, a large fish that lives in the tropical and temperate surface waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.... | | | MSN Encarta - Related Items - Atlantic Ocean |
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| | Oceanlink Records for marine animals |
| | Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola: 10 feet in length, 14 feet between dorsal and anal fins, 4,928 pounds, struck and killed by a ship off Australia in 1908 | | | Heaviest Fish in the Class Ostyichtheys (bony fish) | | | Longest Fish in the Class Ostyichtheys (bony fish) |
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| | Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) in Cornwall |
| | In the tropics, huge sunfish are found and it is reported that the children there often climb up onto them and run across them. | | | They are frequent visitors around Cornwall during the summer months and, fortunately for the sunfish, they are not considered good eating or we would see fewer. | | | Those found around the British coast can reach nearly two metres in length, but they can grow considerably larger. |
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| | Mola Mola, Ocean Sunfish |
| | Giant Ocean Sunfish reach weights of at least 3000 pounds. | | | Found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans the huge Mola Mola feed primarily on jellyfish. | | | Here is a sketch of the first Ocean Sunfish submitted by a visitor for identification. |
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| | Sharp-tailed sunfish |
| | This sunfish, like Mola, appears to be cosmopolitan in tropical-warm temperate latitudes, oceanic in nature but coming close inshore on occasion, and even into estuarine situations. | | | Young fry have been taken off the Azores; in the Sargasso Sea; west of the Canaries; in the Caribbean; and in the Gulf of Mexico. | | | The only record for the sharp-tailed sunfish for our Gulf is for 4 young fry, about 2 inches long, that were taken many years ago in Massachusetts Bay. |
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| | New England Seabirds - Ocean Sunfish Mola mola |
| | Participants on a Southern California pelagic trip reported an Ocean Sunfish breaching. | | | In this photo the sunfish was lying flat on the top of the water. | | | Unlike a shark or other fish it doesn't seem to move forward but rather rocks back and forth with the waves. |
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| | ocean sunfish - definition of ocean sunfish by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | ocean sunfish - among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters | | | A marine fish (Mola mola) with a large globular body, found in warm and temperate seas. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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