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Image: Dr Keiichi Matsuura with a dissected Sunfish
Description
Dr Keiichi Matsuura with a dissected Sunfish, genus Mola, at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, 2006.
- Photographer:
- Keiichi Matsuura
- Rights:
- © Keiichi Matsuura
- Common name:
- Ocean Sunfish
- Scientific name:
- Mola mola
- Family:
- Molidae
- Order:
- Tetraodontiformes
Additional information
The 1.8m long fish weighed 300kg. Note the fatty layer under the skin. The green organ is the gall bladder. The large rounded organ in the foreground is the gut.
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