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Summary
Mola mola are the heaviest known bony fish in the world, weighing about 2,200lbs. or 1,000 kg. An enormous ocean sunfish (Mola mola), caught by W.N. McMillan of E. Africa, at Santa Catalina Isl., Cal. April 1st, 1910. Its weight was estimated at 3,500 pounds.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Molidae Genus: Mola Species:M. mola Binomial name: Mola mola

Mola Mola, Sunfish Date: 1910 Source: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a50137 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923.

In other languages, this animal is known as: Svenska: Klumpfisk