An expert identified the enormous species as a hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta), which is one of the largest bony fish in the world and is rarely seen in the Northern Hemisphere.Seaside Aquarium ...

True sunfish (Lepomis): 13 species, including bluegills, warmouth, and green sunfish * This genus only has one species. This article will focus strictly on the true sunfish genus. Many of these ...

A large ocean sunfish, measuring over six feet long, recently washed ashore on the Oregon Coast, according to the Seaside ...

A new fish species has been recorded in Nebraska after a fisherman reeled in the colorful creature. ... The longear sunfish appeared as bright orange with turquoise and measured 5¼-inch, 2-oz.

Like the other members of the ocean sunfish family, the new species — officially named Mola tecta — is absolutely huge. Its massive, disc-shaped body is punctuated by large fins on its top and ...

One of last summer’s strandings — a 7-foot-3-inch fish in Gearhart — proved to be a rare hoodwinker sunfish, Mola tecta. New ...

Bluegills, a sunfish species, are not native to the area. They are native to central and eastern U.S. and are primarily found in the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, also ...

An angler caught a newly recognized species that has never been documented before in Nebraska: a longear sunfish, which is known for its turquoise markings.

With all due respect to all those sunfish species, be they pumpkinseeds, orange-spotted or longear, these are some of the prettiest fish that swim. They look like they would be at home on a coral ...

The first of the three arrivals this summer was a rarer species, according to the Seaside Aquarium, ... were both ocean sunfish — species Mola mola — which can grow to sizes of up to 10 feet.