Rare Hoodwinker Sunfish Washes Up On California Beach

Elise Ryan
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:45:42 -0700

When a university intern stumbled upon a seven-foot fish washed up on the beach at the University of Santa Barbara's (UCSB) Coal Oil Point Reserve on February 19, 2019, scientists assumed it was the mola mola sunfish. One of the world's heaviest known bony fishes, the species, found in tropical and temperate waters around the globe, is common in the Santa Barbara Channel.