Its a really cool pic, and a huge fish, and I want to know what kind it is. Thanks http://www.break.com/index/928gal11.html
2006-09-28 18:28:33 · 21 answers · asked by Mithrandir_black 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
It's a Mola,a type of Sunfish.They are very unusual in that they appear to have been chopped in half.Also they will often float on the surface of the water,on their sides,so that they appear dead.Apparently ,the one in the photo IS dead,the poor thing.It looks like it must have washed ashore.
2006-09-28 21:03:17 · answer #1 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sunfish, to be exact, an ocean sunfish.
The ocean sunfish is described as a flat, oval fish with grooves on its body. It has a rounded 'tail' known as a clavus instead of a caudal fin. The short, broad clavus is formed by extensions of dorsal and anal fin rays. It is wavy, with eight to nine ossicles and 12 fin rays. The ocean sunfish has rough, sandpapery skin covered with mucus. Its average weight is one ton and its average length from the tip of the snout to the tip of its clavus is 6 ft (1.8 m). Vertically, from fin to fin, its average size is 11 ft (3.3 m). The ocean sunfish is taller than it is long and has large, high dorsal and anal fins, which are dark in color. Its tiny mouth cannot be closed and its top and bottom teeth are fused to form a beak. It has a round, bulging eye, and its skin is extremely thick and elastic. There is a distinct line at the posterior where denticles, scales, on the skin change from extremely rough to very fine. Its pectoral fins are small, fan-shaped, and pointed upwards. It has four gills and a slit behind the last one is covered by a thin flap of skin near the pectoral fin called an operculum.
2006-09-29 01:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by Inquiry Complex 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ocean Sunfish
2006-09-29 08:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunfish
2006-09-29 09:23:51 · answer #4 · answered by fish lips 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be what they call the SUNFISH!!! They're cool fish! And really big lol!
2006-09-29 01:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by Seabass 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is definatly a Sun Fish. Boy can they get big.
2006-09-29 01:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sunfish.
2006-09-29 02:41:23 · answer #7 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the SUNFISH!! they're the largest bony fish in the world
2006-09-29 06:03:12 · answer #8 · answered by i like pizza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sun fish
2006-09-29 05:38:40 · answer #9 · answered by Lara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is an Ocean Sunfish, you don't see them very often
they get very large
2006-09-29 03:40:05 · answer #10 · answered by Loollea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋