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	Ocean Sunfish
		Ocean sunfish are gentle, slow-moving giants residing in tropical or temperate oceans all over the world.
		There are sunfish in oceans and there are sunfish in rivers and lakes.
		Ocean sunfish have round, flattened bodies in white or dark gray.
	www.edhelper.com /AnimalReadingComprehension_119_1.html (311 words)

	Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola
		Ocean sunfish are found in most of the world's tropical and temperate waters.
		Ocean sunfish are the most fertile of saltwater fish, being able to lay up to 300 000 000 eggs at a time.
		The ocean sunfish is not related to freshwater sunfish.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/tetra/oceansunfish.html (584 words)

	Sunfish family
		The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is so-called because of its habit of lying at the surface almost motionless, apparently sunning itself.
		The ocean sunfishes rank with the sturgeons as the largest of the bony fishes, with the blue marlin, fl marlin, and the bluefin tuna not far behind.
		Ocean sunfish are of no commercial value, but are so curious in appearance that they excite interest wherever they wash ashore or come into shallow water.
	www.rsmas.miami.edu /support/lib/seas/seasQA/QAs/s/sunfish.html (2008 words)

	The Ultimate Ocean Sunfish - American History Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) is a bizarre pelagic fish, the largest bony fish in the world, with specimens observed up to 3.3 m in length and weighing up to 2,300 kg.
		Ocean Sunfish are commonly mistaken for sharks, as they often swim close to the surface and have dorsal fins that stick up out of the water in a shark-like fashion.
		However, Ocean Sunfish feed on zooplankton (along with small fish and other marine life), and are commonly friendly towards people, such as divers who venture into their habitat.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Ocean_sunfish (292 words)

	Ocean sunfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Though unrelated, ocean sunfish are commonly mistaken for sharks, as they often swim close to the surface and have dorsal fins that protrude from the water, similar to the dorsal fins of sharks.
		The ocean sunfish uses its dorsal and anal fins to "scull." This behavior is described as a way to propel the fish, allowing it to swim forward by moving its dorsal and anal fins from side to side.
		The ocean sunfish is also known as the marine sunfish, pez luna, the moon fish, or simply by its specific name, mola (Latin for "millstone", which it was said to resemble because of its grey color, rough texture, and round shape).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ocean_Sunfish (1791 words)

	Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola
		Characters that help separate this species from the other four members of the family are the number of ossicles and the presence of a definite line at the posterior end of the body where the denticles on the skin change from extremely coarse to very fine.
		The fused parrot-like teeth of the Ocean Sunfish.
		The Ocean Sunfish belongs to the family Molidae and is one of three species recorded from New South Wales waters.
	www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/mola.htm (617 words)

	Fish: sunfish (Mola mola, Masturus lanceolatus, Ranzania laevis) : Characteristics, behavior, ecology, habitat, range, ...
		The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is the world’s largest known bony fish (whale sharks are cartilaginous) with about 3m length from fin tip to fin tip and weighting 2 tons (see comparison of sunfish with the size of a human)
		Sunfishes are found in all oceans in tropical and temperate climes, but prefer open ocean.
		Ocean sunfish render their prey into bite-size pieces before ingesting the morsels by sucking in their prey and spitting it out again.
	www.starfish.ch /reef/mola-sunfish.html (802 words)

	The ocean sunfish vies for the title of strangest fish in the sea Lahinch Seaworld
		The ocean sunfish vies for the title of strangest fish in the sea.
		Ocean Sunfish are usually found in oceanic waters, but occasionally come inshore.
		Sunfishes are often seen at the surface where they may be mistaken for sharks, because of the large dorsal fin.
	www.iol.ie /~seaworld/data/sunfish.htm (978 words)

	Ocean Sunfish
		These fish can be easily confused with the Sharptail Sunfish, Mola lanceolatus (height less than 50 percent of length, pointed tail, and only found in the greater La Paz area), and the Slender Sunfish, Ranzania laevis (height 33 percent of length, short oblique tail, thin white bars on the first half of the lower body).
		The Ocean Sunfish is reported to reach up to 11 feet in length and in excess of 3,000 pounds.
		The Ocean Sunfish is a member of the Molidae Family of which there are four global species from three genera, of which three live in Mexican waters.
	www.mexfish.com /fish/ocsun/ocsun.htm (406 words)

	Warm Cornish waters attract new marine life \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Sunfish are curious, oval-shaped creatures that can grow up to 11 feet in length and have a penchant for lying on the sea surface on their sides, as if sunbathing.
		Sunfish are believed to be mostly solitary and feed mainly on jellyfish, so scientists were interested to find so many together.
		It is not completely understood why the sunfish appear to sunbathe but one explanation is that they come to the surface to allow birds, such as gulls, to pick parasites from their rough skin.
	www.guardian.co.uk /conservation/story/0,,1828580,00.html (497 words)

	Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola, Natural History Photographs
		Mola mola is found in all oceans in tropical and temperate climes, and is known to eat gelatinous zooplankton (jellyfish) and probably small fishes and algae.
		The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is the world's largest known bony fish (sharks and rays are cartilaginous).
		Mola mola is sometimes observed breaching the ocean surface and landing with a splash, perhaps attempting to dislodge parasites.
	www.gygis.com /ocean_sunfish.html (526 words)

	Sunfish - Bluegill Fishing Lures and Fishing Jigs
		Sunfishes are brightly colored, deep-bodied, and laterally compressed, rarely exceeding 25 cm (10 in) in length.
		The best-known species are the bluegill, or coppernosed bream, and the common sunfish, also known as the pumpkinseed.
		The bluegill, or coppernosed bream, is classified as Lepomis macrochirus, the common sunfish as Lepomis gibbosus, and the largest ocean sunfish as Mola mola
	www.ebait.com /sunfish.html (294 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Sea Life - Fact files: Sunfish/Common mola
		The largest of all bony fish, the ocean sunfish may reach over 3m (10ft) in length.
		Sunfish usually occur in the open sea, often at the surface.
		Sunfish produce millions of very small eggs (a 1.5m female was found to have some 300 million eggs within her).
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/blueplanet/factfiles/fish/sunfish_bg.shtml (252 words)

	Strange tail of the sunfish - Natural History Museum
		Ocean sunfishes belong to the family Molidae and are amongst the largest of all bony fishes, with up to 1.5 tonnes in weight and 3 metres in length.
		There are two previous explanations for how the sunfish tail evolved - one was that the tail or caudal fin had been modified through evolution, the other highly unusual possibility was that the tail evolved from the merging of the dorsal and anal fins.
		Dr Britz said 'The colossal ocean sunfish, a pelagic fish (living in the open sea) with a wide distribution, has lost its tail fin, the main locomotory structure in all other fishes.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /about-us/news/2006/feb/news_7758.html (439 words)

	Mola (Sunfish) -- Pictures, Animal Facts, Habitats, Video, Sound, Wallpaper -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As gigantic as the ocean sunfish can be, it still seems like only half a fish.
		Sunfish, or mola, develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin which they are born with simply never grows.
		Ocean sunfish can become so infested with skin parasites, they will often invite small fish or even birds to feast on the pesky critters.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /animals/fish/mola.html (477 words)

	Sunfish hit - Sailing Anarchy Forums
		Characters that help identify this species from the other four members of the family are the number of ossicles and the presence of a definite line at the posterior end of the body where the denticles (rough scales) on the skin changes from extremely coarse to very fine.
		Sunfishes are harmless to people, and feed on jellyfish, salps, ctenophores and occassionally small crustaceans and fishes.
		The Ocean Sunfish belongs to the family Molidae and is one of four species recorded from New South Wales waters and the world.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=13054 (570 words)

	New Jersey Scuba Diver - Marine Biology - Triggers, Puffers & Sunfish
		Juvenile fish, at 5 to 7 inches, leave the sargassum habitat and move to the reef habitat at the bottom of the ocean.
		Ocean Sunfish are not as rare as you might expect.
		Yet Sunfish share their Triggerfish cousins' intelligence and curiosity, and are drawn to investigate anything unusual, including boats, anchors, buoys, shadows, noises, bubbles, and divers themselves.
	www.njscuba.net /biology/sw_fish_tetraodontiformes.html (1218 words)

	Sunfish, Mola mola (British Marine Life Study Society)
		Incidentally it is called an 'Ocean' Sunfish to distinguish it from the perch-like freshwater sunfishes of North America.
		An Ocean Sunfish estimated to weigh 25 kg was spotted off the north coast of Jersey.
		One Ocean Sunfish of approximately 50 cm in length was spotted at midday at Combe Martin Bay, nr Combe Martin, North Devon.
	www.glaucus.org.uk /Sunfish.htm (5654 words)

	Sunfish take a shine to Cornish coast - Natural History Museum
		Usually living in warmer oceans, this is the first time so many of the spectacular looking fish have been spotted together in British waters.
		Ocean sunfish, Mola mola, are one of the largest of all bony fishes and can weigh up to 1.5 tonnes.
		'Although ocean sunfish are among the largest of all bony fishes,' said Britz, 'we still lack fundamental information on their biology.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /about-us/news/2006/july/news_9068.html (238 words)

	Bali Ocean Sunfish - Mola Mola Season
		Ocean Sunfish, or Mola Mola is the largest bony fish in the world.
		It is a unique pelagic fish and specimen of ocean sunfish have been observed up to 3.3 meters in length and weighing up to 2.500 kg.
		The ocean sunfish feeds on jellyfish and other gelatinous, soft bodied zooplankton, as well as small fish and other marine life.
	www.waterworxbali.com /bali-sunfish-mola-mola-season.shtml (205 words)

	'Shark' sighting most likely an ocean sunfish: 9/13/02
		In all probability, it was one and the same creature -- an ocean sunfish -- that rose playfully from the surface and then swam lazily by some awestruck anglers.
		But they all said that ocean sunfish are common off the Vineyard and Noman's in the summer and are often mistaken for sharks, as the triangular dorsal fin and large size are similar.
		And the clincher is that the ocean sunfish is an odd-looking creature that isn't shaped like a regular fish with a standard fish tail.
	www.s-t.com /daily/09-02/09-13-02/c05sp031.htm (673 words)

	World's Heaviest Bony Fish Discovered? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The fish in question is an ocean sunfish that was caught off the coast of Kamogawa, Japan, in 1996 in set nets owned and operated by the Kamogawa Fisheries Cooperative Association.
		Thys and her colleagues are currently analyzing the data they have received from satellite tags attached to nine ocean sunfish and plan to publish their findings within a few months in a scientific journal.
		The ocean sunfish are giants of the fish community.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/05/0513_030513_sunfish.html (710 words)

	Ocean Sunfish.org Molidae Descriptions and Life History
		The common names "ocean sunfish" and "mola" refer only to the family Molidae and can be applied all three Molidae species.
		The common name "ocean sunfish" comes from the Mola mola’s habit of lying atop the surface of the ocean appearing to sunbathe.
		There's safety in great size for the ocean sunfishes but on the road to largess, they are open to many dangers.
	www.oceansunfish.org /lifehistory.html (1279 words)

	Monterey Bay Aquarium: Online Field Guide - Ocean sunfish
		Ocean sunfish are the world’s heaviest bony fish, weighing up to 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg).
		Ocean sunfish are caught accidentally in drift gillnet fisheries.
		Sunfish can choke as they try to swallow the bags, or slowly starve as the plastic clogs their stomach.
	www.mbayaq.org /efc/living%5Fspecies/print.asp?inhab=130 (363 words)

	Mola mola
		The Ocean Sunfish has been noted in Australia, India, Ireland, the Meditteranean and the U.S. to name a few.
		Although Mediterranean climates have cool ocean temperatures, such as the California, Canary and Australian currents, it nevertheless is still a livable environment for this fish.
		"New Genus of Primitive Ocean Sunfish with Seperate Premaxillae from the Eocene of Southwest Russia." Copeia.
	bss.sfsu.edu /holzman/courses/Fall00Projects/Mola.html (1833 words)

	Mola Mola
		Fine-scale movement patterns of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, off the coast of southern California, as determined by acoustic telemetry.
		Ocean sunfish are large pelagic fish commonly found off the coast of southern California, particularly in late summer and fall.In fact, they comprise over 25% of the total catch of the California drift gillnet fishery.
		Our goals in studying Mola mola are a) to devise ways of reducing incidental bycatch of the ocean sunfish in drift gillnets, and b) further our knowledge of the biology of this little known species.
	www.csulb.edu /web/labs/sharklab/students/current/dan/flash/project_mola.html (179 words)

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