Oregon
Ocean sunfish washes up on Oregon beach
CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) – A big fish has washed ashore along the Oregon coast over the weekend.
A Mola mola was found about half a mile south of the Sunset Beach approach. The Seaside Aquarium says the fish is only a little over five feet, but Mola molas or ocean sunfish can get up to 10 feet and weigh as much as 5,000 pounds.
The aquarium says there are three different species of sunfish in the genus Mola: Mola mola, Mola tecta, and Mola alexandrine.
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A 7.3-foot Mola tecta – hoodwinker sunfish – washed ashore on a beach in Gearhart back in June.
It’s not known at this time why the Mola mola washed up on the Oregon coast.
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