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Head of a Southern Ocean Sunfish

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A Southern Ocean Sunfish on the rock platform near the southern entrance to Sussex Inlet, New South Wales, August 2003. Note the ridge above and behind the eye and the fused beak-like teeth. (AMS I.42801)

Photographer:
NSW fisheries, Schoalhaven office
Rights:
© NSW fisheries, Schoalhaven office
Common name:
Southern Ocean Sunfish
Scientific name:
Mola ramsayi
Family:
Molidae
Order:
Tetraodontidae

Last Updated: 30 June 2009

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