Sunfish

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A sunfish found near the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean weighed as much as an S.U.V.

From New York Times

There are three species of these sunfish—Mola mola, Mola tecta and Mola alexandrini—which can be difficult to tell apart without genetic analysis.

From Scientific American

A record-breaking 6,000-pound southern sunfish, found near the Azores in the Mid-Atlantic, shows that the ocean is still healthy enough to support the world’s largest animals.

From New York Times

Although no bony fish has ever come close to reaching the size of a whale shark, the largest cartilaginous fish, the size of the sunfish found in the Azores is impressive.

From New York Times

But an emerging threat becomes evident in early June as Friesen hauls up minnow traps and gillnets packed with carp, gizzard shad, green sunfish and, ominously, three smallmouth bass.

From Seattle Times