‘Vulnerable’ ocean sunfish spotted on popular Irish beach as sightings of rare creature increase for key reason

A RARE Ocean Sunfish has been found washed up on a beach off the coast of West Donegal. It was discovered by friends out walking over the weekend at the Back Strand in Falcarragh. The dead fish, ...
The Press Democrat

Rare giant fish from ocean’s depths washes up on Sonoma Coast

Regular beachgoer Stefan Kiesbye, an English professor at Sonoma State University, wasn’t sure what he was seeing at Doran ...
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Bizarre six-foot long rare creature washes up on beach leaving residents baffled

A giant and extremely rare sunfish has washed up on a California beach - stunning early morning visitors who stumbled across the bizarre six-foot-long creature. The hoodwinker sunfish, or Mola tecta, ...
SunStar

Rare ocean sunfish sighting ‘signals’ Lapu reefs’ health

A SIGHTING of ocean sunfish, or locally known as Mola-mola, in the Talima Marine Sanctuary signals that Lapu-Lapu City’s ...
WDTN

Rare 7-foot fish washed ashore on Oregon’s coast garners worldwide attention

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GEARHART, Ore. (AP) — A massive rare fish ...

Rare ocean sunfish found washed up off Donegal coast

Although native to tropical and temperate waters, they are now found occasionally in Irish waters due to temperatures changes ...
East Bay Times

‘Weird and gorgeous’: Massive fish washes up in Bodega Bay

One morning a week, Stefan Kiesbye makes the drive from his home in Santa Rosa to one of the beaches around Bodega Bay, to pick up trash. After dropping his wife at an airport shuttle early Sunday ...
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Diver captures stunning video of massive fish rarely seen near surface — here's why it's so important

It’s a brilliant example of conservation efforts helping restore a region that was suffering. Diver captures stunning video ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Rare giant sunfish weighing more than car washes up on Australia beach

A weird-looking, enormous sunfish was discovered by two fishermen on the shore at Coorong National Park in South Australia over the weekend. The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) was spotted at the mouth of ...

Watch one of the weirdest fish on Earth swim circles around Oregon fisherman

A curious, colossal, cow-sized sunfish circled an Oregon boat and rose to be touched. Roughly 7 feet, 1,000+ lbs. Watch the video.
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'Weird and Gorgeous' 6-Foot-Long Sea Creature Makes Rare Appearance On California Coast

The hoodwinker sunfish, or Mola tecta, can weigh as much as 4,400 pounds and can grow up to nine feet long "It was so enormous and so weird and gorgeous. It's like suddenly you're on another planet," ...
Merced Sun-Star

Large, odd-looking fish washes ashore in California. ‘So weird and gorgeous’

Park visitors were peering at the water near a California jetty when something caught their eye: large gray creatures lurking below. Fearing the animals may be sharks, multiple visitors called Sonoma ...