How Big Is The Biggest Sunfish?
The heaviest specimen on record is a bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini) caught off Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan, in 1996; it weighed 2,300 kilograms (5,070 pounds) and measured 2.72 metres (8 feet 11 inches) long. Why are sunfish so big? Focusing on the genetic background of the ocean sunfish’s fast growth rate and unusual body shape, the … Read more