A 6½-foot ocean sunfish washed ashore about a quarter-mile south of the Sunset Beach approach near Gearhart. Members of the genus Mola, these true bony fish — unlike sharks, which have only cartilage ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A large ocean sunfish, measuring over six feet long, recently washed ashore on the Oregon Coast, according to the Seaside Aquarium. The fish – also known as a Mola mola ...

A rare ocean sunfish has washed up on a beach in Oregon. But even at five feet long, the animal is still “relatively small” compared to other members of its species. That’s according to the ...

Like the other members of the ocean sunfish family, the new species — officially named Mola tecta — is absolutely huge. Its massive, disc-shaped body is punctuated by large fins on its top and ...

Ocean sunfish, which can grow up to 14 feet across and reach weights of over 5,000 lbs, float on their side at the surface in order to warm themselves in the sun after diving in deeper waters.

News; US News; Rare animals; Giant 7-foot ocean oddity found washed up on Oregon beach turns out to be new species Perhaps the largest of its kind, this newly identified sunfish species will be ...

A massive ocean oddity that washed up on a northern Oregon beach this week turned out to be a recently discovered species of sunfish, according to the local aquarium. According to the Seaside ...

An odd-looking gigantic fish recently washed up on an Oregon beach. The fish turned out to be a hoodwinker sunfish, which has only been identified in the past 10 years.

The first sunfish washed up in early June north of Seaside and the second arrived near Sunset Beach about a month ago. That second one, along with the latest arrival, were both ocean sunfish ...

Five-Foot-Long Ocean Sunfish Washes Ashore in Oregon, a ‘Relatively Small’ Size for Its Species It’s the second sunfish to be found dead on the beach in a small region of northwestern Oregon ...

Perhaps the largest of its kind, this newly identified sunfish species will be around for beachgoers to see for some time, as scavengers will be unable to pierce its tough, hardy outer layer of skin.