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Oceanic Sunfish Oceanic Sunfish, Mola-Mola is also known as Moonfish.<br />
They are the biggest bony fish in the world, weighing up to 1,000 kg and measuring up to 3 meters height. Geotagged,Indonesia,Mola mola,Ocean sunfish,Sunfish,Winter,fish,lombok,moonfish Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Oceanic Sunfish

Oceanic Sunfish, Mola-Mola is also known as Moonfish.
They are the biggest bony fish in the world, weighing up to 1,000 kg and measuring up to 3 meters height.

    comments (5)

  1. Very important species intro, thank you so much for sharing it. Posted 9 years ago
    1. Thanks, fchristant.
      I was surprised that it was not featured in this page before :D
      Posted 9 years ago
      1. To be honest, JungleDragon is underrepresented in marine species. @Patomarazul luckily is a very large contributor in that area:

        PatomarazulPatomarazul

        And now we have you :)
        Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
        1. Yes, I know Patomarazul from another forum.
          I still dives regularly and have a few years of footages to post here, going to take a while :D
          Posted 9 years ago
          1. That's a great thing to look forward to. We got time, so feel free to slowly share you collection bit by bit. Posted 9 years ago

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The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. Adults typically weigh between 247 and 1,000 kg (545–2,205 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.

Species identified by Albert Kang
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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Aug 30, 2015 12:54 in Unnamed Road, Batu Putih, Sekotong Tengah, Kabupaten Lombok Barat, Nusa Tenggara Bar., Indonesia.
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  • 10.4mm