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 ...

The hoodwinker sunfish is one of three species of sunfish in the genus Mola. The other two are the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), which is the most abundant of the three species, and the bump-head ...

which was recognized as a species in 2018, is known to reach more than twice the maximum weight of the ocean sunfish (M. mola), for which it is commonly mistaken. Both are elusive species ...

Ocean sunfish, or Mola mola, are the world's heaviest bony fish species and can be found in temperate marine waters globally, according to the Fishes of Australia. Their features include a large ...

How do they locate their jellyfish prey? Are there more ocean sunfish species yet to be discovered? Are their populations endangered? How can they help us understand the changing oceans?

The sunfish family includes the world's largest living bony fish, comprising three genera and five species. The study found that species of ocean sunfish exhibit resource partitioning, relying on food ...

“Ocean sunfish are a unique family of fish found all over the world. There are five species, all of which have been identified in South African waters. Until recently, very little has been known ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--A sociable ocean sunfish that clearly missed its human audience and fell sick during renovations perked up after officials set up human cutouts at its aquarium here.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. It was only a couple of years ago that scientists finally confirmed the existence of a ...