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title: "Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish"  
description: "The Mola mola—which looks like a prehistoric shark that lost a tail in an epic battle—might be the world's weirdest fish. Here's few fun facts about Sunfish"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-02  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1733/fun-facts-about-the-ocean-sunfish  
category: "wildlife"  
tags: ["Sunfish", "ocean Sunfish", "fun facts", "Sunfish facts", "ocean Sunfish facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish

![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/e9686589-6893-4f56-ac0b-166a4e615bfc.jpeg) ![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/25c419c7-17d5-4ab7-ae6d-e51289bf77b5.jpeg) They love to sunbathe. Sunfish spend up to half the day basking in the sun near the surface of the water ![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/96634be6-a8d3-455f-aff6-c4fedbfbec03.jpeg) The average ocean sunfish is 10 feet long and weighs 2200 pounds, but the biggest can grow up to 5000 pounds. ![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/c51c7512-c6ba-4167-b2c4-903bd0ac1546.jpeg) Sunfish can lay up to 300,000,000 eggs at one time, more than any other vertebrate. ![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/d10f54b0-0c7a-4424-80b3-bbe088c05fe6.jpeg) They have super weird teeth. Mola mola teeth are fused together in two plates that look like a parrot’s beak. ![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/6451ad47-2480-4b1c-9259-f74aa44f8d5c.jpeg) They are related to the bass. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rock bass, and black bass are all members of the sunfish family. ![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/198bbedd-6b4b-41b0-a59b-00c7e7da8fe4.jpeg) Eating them is bad luck, according to Polynesian legend. It was considered bad luck to kill sunfish ![Fun Facts About the Ocean Sunfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bf5245da-a668-40e8-aa0b-0ab09e410ff4/images/e9686589-6893-4f56-ac0b-166a4e615bfc.jpeg) The name Mola mola comes from the Latin word for “millstone.” It’s named for its gray, round body, and rough texture.

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