Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)

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An ocean sunfish or mola mola

Image ID: sanc0104, Sanctuary Collection
Location: Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

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The NOAA Photo Library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
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The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. The ocean sunfish is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. Mola mola resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally.

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Scientific Name: Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names: Ocean Sunfish, Giant Sunfish, Headfish, Common Mola, Moonfish, Sunfish, Sun-fish [French] Môle, Môle Commun, Poisson-lune, Poisson Lune [Spanish] Mola, Peixe Lua, Pez Cabeza, Pez Luna, Pez Sol Synonyms: Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758 Molacanthus pallasii Swainson, 1839 Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839 Diodon mola Pallas, 1770 Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828 Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797 Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766 Orthragus luna Rafinesque, 1810 Ozodura orsini Ranzani, 1839 Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow in Gray, 1854 Pedalion capensis Castelnau, 1861 Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839 Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani, 1839 Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1839 Orthragoriscus rondeletii Ranzani, 1839 Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839 Orthagoriscus analis Ayres, 1859 Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839 Aledon storeri Castelnau, 1861 Mola hispida Nardo, 1827 Cephalus pallasianus Shaw, 1804 Cephalus ortagoriscus Risso, 1827 Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792 Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, 1839 Pedalion gigas Guilding in Swainson, 1838 Tympanomium planci Ranzani, 1839 Cephalus brevis Shaw, 1804 Mola aspera Nardo, 1827 Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque, 1810

Giant sunfish
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