Ocean sunfish

in #sunfish7 years ago

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a size comparison between an ocean sunfish and humans.

Common Name: Ocean Sunfish (Mola)

Scientific Name: Mola mola

Type: Fish

Diet: Omnivores

Group Name: School

Weight: Up to 2.5 tons

The ocean sunfish , or mola, is the heaviest bony fish in the world.

They can weigh more than a car.

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1600 kg sunfish, caught in 1910

It has an average length of 1.8 and a fin-to-fin length of 2.5 m, and adults typically weigh between 247 and 1,000 kg. But there are large specimens grows to more than 3 metres in length, 4.2 metres in height, and can weigh more than 2.5 tonnes.

The Ocean Sunfish has a small mouth, a large blunt head, and pectoral fins are small and fan-shaped.

They love to sunbathe.

It spend up to half the day in the sun near the surface of the water, to keep their whole bodies warm.

What do they eat?

they feed on jellyfish, small fishes, and squid.

If you have any question or any clarification please do not hesitate to ask 😊

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hi @ liquidflame whether this fish species still exist its population ..... 🤔🤔🤔

Hi rudirach, i’m sorry, I’m not sure I understand what you meant ? 🌷

whether this fish can we find

I got it. Sunfish have an extremely wide distribution. They are found in temperate and tropical oceans across the globe. and they may be found in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Indian Oceans.

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Thank you, rudirach 😃

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also thanks @ liquidflame for posting

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you welcome

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I have never heard of or seen Sunfish before.
It is so big and really strange.
Thanks for sharing this. I love learning new things here on steemit.

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You are a knowledgeable person .
Your information is really great .
i am a student so that i need to know about this .
Thank you so much for your post sir

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Thank you so much for this scientific post about sunfish. Its really informative article. Beautiful classification. I love your post. Upvote and Resteem done.

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What a big fish.NICE informative post.

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Que hermoso... Que bello mundo...

You are right 😃

what an amazing creature! There are so many life forms on this planet that many of us have never seen. Thank you for sharing.

The ocean is full of amazing creatures, we have only explored five percent of our planet’s oceans, meaning that there are still millions of species left for us to discover. nothing on Earth is more mysterious than what lies beneath the ocean waves.

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