The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus Mola, and one of five extant...
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giant sunfish or bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini), (also known as the Ramsay's sunfish, southern sunfish, southern ocean sunfish, short sunfish or bump-head...
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the genus of true sunfish Molidae, the family of ocean sunfishes Mola (fish), or sunfish Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, common...
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The Molidae comprise the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, unusual fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving...
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Mola tecta (redirect from Hoodwinker sunfish)
the hoodwinker sunfish, belongs to the family Molidae and genus Mola. It is closely related to the more widely known ocean sunfish (Mola mola). The...
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USS Sunfish (SSN-649), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish (Mola mola)...
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mouths. Ocean sunfish can become infested with skin parasites, so they will often invite small fish or even birds to feast on them. Sunfish will even...
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Pelagic fish (redirect from Ocean fish)
swim in schools weighing hundreds of tonnes. Others, such as the large ocean sunfish, are solitary. There are also freshwater pelagic fish in some of the...
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ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Sunfish, named in honor of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, a plectognath marine fish, having a deep...
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the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), but can be distinguished by the projection on its clavus (pseudo-tail). Other common names include sharpfin sunfish, point-tailed...
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