Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
A giant swimming pancake with no ordinary tail.
Ocean sunfish look like an enormous fish whose tail was neatly erased. They roam widely, diving for gelatinous prey and returning toward the sunlit surface.
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Bring this Ocean Sunfish home
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Ready-to-play deck
Coral Garden Deck
Includes 1 card featuring Ocean Sunfish.
- 1 copy
Ready-to-play deck
Stinging Fortress Deck
Includes 1 card featuring Ocean Sunfish.
Quick dive
Creature passport
- Home
- They live across tropical and temperate oceans around the globe.
- Favorite foods
- They eat jellies, salps, squid, crustaceans, small fishes, and algae.
- Size check
- Up to about 10 ft (3 m) and over 2,000 lb (900 kg)—car-sized
Tell-your-friends facts
Four wonderfully wild things
- 1
The rounded rear edge is a rudder-like structure called a clavus.
- 2
Newly hatched sunfish are tiny, round, and spiny like their pufferfish relatives.
- 3
Dozens of parasite species may live on or inside one ocean sunfish.
- 4
They sometimes bask near the surface after feeding in colder deep water.
Ocean superpower
Built to be amazing
Powerful dorsal and anal fins flap together to propel the tailless-looking body.
Junior scientist tip
What should I look for?
Look for a tall, flattened disk with towering fins and a scalloped rear edge.
Grown-up research links
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