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[ Photography ] Ocean Sunfish or Mola Photographs
( Mola mola )
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See Also - | Fish General | Jellyfish | Open Ocean | Plankton |
Range: Found in tropical & temperate seas worldwide
Size can range to over 10' in height with weights in excess of 3000 pounds,
although rarely to this size off California.
The Mola is a pelagic species which feeds on jellyfish, salps and other plankton.
Along the California coast Molas are often found beneath drift kelp being cleaned of parasites by
Medialunas and other fishes.

Mola mola or Ocean Sunfish
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Parasitic Copepod on Mola fin
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Mola fin often mistaken for shark fin
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Parasitic Copepods base of Mola dorsal fin
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