One of last summer’s strandings — a 7-foot-3-inch fish in Gearhart — proved to be a rare hoodwinker sunfish, Mola tecta. New ...

Scientists have identified three species of sunfish: Mola mola, Mola tecta and Mola alexandrini (known as the giant sunfish or bump-head sunfish).

A 5-foot-long Mola mola fish washed ashore near Sunset Beach yesterday, the Seaside Aqwuarium reports - and while it may be the size of a full-gown person, it's ...

A 5-foot ocean sunfish, also known as a Mola mola, washes up about a half mile south of Sunset Beach, just of north of Seaside in Oregon.

While most people are probably more familiar with M. alexandrini ’s close cousin, the Mola mola, ocean sunfish are just one of those animals that inspire “primal curiosity”, says Thys.

While this fish is only a little over 5 feet long, the aquarium said that Mola molas, or ocean sunfish, can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh as much as 5,000 pounds.

The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, represents one of the most intriguing subjects in marine research due to its unique morphology, expansive geographic distribution, and complex behavioural ecology ...

A 5-foot ocean sunfish, also known as a Mola mola, washes up about a half mile south of Sunset Beach, just of north of Seaside in Oregon.