ocean sunfish, common mola (Mola mola)

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Subject:	ocean sunfish, common mola (Mola mola)
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FMIB 52104 Headfish (adult), Mola mola (Linnaeus) Virginia.jpeg

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ocean sunfish, common mola (Mola mola)

Fig. 532. Headfish (adult), Mola mola (Linnaeus). Virginia

Subject: Tetraodontiformes
Tag: Fish
Date 1907
Author David Starr Jordan (1851–1931)
Source/Photographer
English: David Starr Jordan (1907) Fishes, New York City, NY: Henry Holt and Company
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_52104_Headfish_(adult),_Mola_mola_(Linnaeus)_Virginia.jpeg

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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