Holy mola! Don’t be fooled, this isn’t a baby whale – it’s a mola mola!
Also known as ocean sunfish, mola mola are the largest bony fish in the ocean. Despite their huge size (they can weigh more than 2,000 pounds!) these fish chow down on tiny prey like jellyfish. This mola mola was spotted in Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary.
(Photo: Marybeth Head/NOAA)
[Image description: A large mola mola swims above the sea floor. Smaller fish swim beneath it.]
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