Image: Southern Ocean Sunfish, Mola ramsayi
Description
New South Wales Fisheries Officer Glen Staples with a 1.7m long Southern Ocean Sunfish.
- Photographer:
- NSW fisheries, Schoalhaven office
- Rights:
- © NSW fisheries, Schoalhaven office
- Common name:
- Southern Ocean Sunfish
- Scientific name:
- Mola ramsayi
- Family:
- Molidae
Additional information
The fish was found washed up on the rock platform near the southern entry to Sussex Inlet, New South Wales, August 2003. It was approximately 190 cm from dorsal to anal fin tips and an estimated weight of 750 kg. Tissues from this fish are registered in the Australian Museum Fish Collection (AMS I.42801).
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