Ocean sunfish
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| phylum | Chordata | The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long when their dorsal and ventral fins are extended.
Sunfish live on a diet that consists mainly of jellyfish, but because this diet is nutritionally poor, they consume large amounts in order to develop and maintain their great bulk. Females of the species can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Tetraodontiformes |
| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Tetraodontiformes | |
| family | Molidae | |
| genus | Mola | |
| species | M. mola |
