ocean sunfish, common mola (Mola mola) Fig. 532. Headfish (adult), Mola mola (Linnaeus). Virginia
Subject: Tetraodontiformes
Tag: Fish
Date 1907
Author David Starr Jordan (1851–1931)
Source/Photographer
English: David Starr Jordan (1907) Fishes, New York City, NY: Henry Holt and Company
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_52104_Headfish_(adult),_Mola_mola_(Linnaeus)_Virginia.jpeg
The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. The ocean sunfish is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. Mola mola resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally.
