Sunfish

Published: Feb. 25, 2018, 2:31 p.m.

Why do sunfish sunbathe? Will a sunfish squash my child? Can I use a dead sunfish to pay my taxes? Is that a baby whale?

Come learn about the egg-laying champion on this episode of Species.

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Addendum: Some Japanese biologists believe that a new species of\xa0Mola\xa0should be acknowledged, named\xa0Mola\xa0alexandrini\xa0(bump-head sunfish). They have noticeable genetic and phenotypic differences from other\xa0Mola mola, with whom they are usually grouped. If\xa0Mola alexandrini\xa0is indeed a different species to\xa0Mola mola, then the bump-head sunfish (not the ocean sunfish) holds the title of largest sunfish specimen ever found.