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means A sunfish is any of several flat, roundish fish — most famously the enormous ocean sunfish (Mola mola), which looks like a swimming head with fins, or the smaller freshwater sunfishes like bluegill found in ponds and lakes.
from A plain English compound of 'sun' and 'fish,' recorded since the 17th century. The name likely comes from the habit of these fish basking flat at the water's surface, soaking up sunlight — the ocean mola is often spotted lying on its side near the top of the sea. The scientific name 'Mola' is Latin for 'millstone,' a nod to its round, grey, grinding-stone shape.
- egg champion
- Releases 300 million eggs at once, a record
- heavy bony
- Heaviest bony fish alive, up to 5,000 pounds
- sunbather
- Floats sideways at surface to warm up after deep dives
- half a fish
- Looks like a giant swimming head with no tail
- parasite magnet
- Carries over 40 parasite species on its body
mola mola — ocean sunfish species weighing up to 5,000 lbs, largest bony fish
longfin sunfish — freshwater sunfish native to eastern north america, popular in aquariums
bluegill — common north american sunfish, the most widely caught freshwater fish