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Recent Examples on the Web According to Thys, the field of ocean sunfish research is very active, and a species called Mola tecta was named a couple of years ago. — Noah Sheidlower, Melissa Velasquez And Justin Lear, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021 People often mistake ocean sunfish, basking sharks and other harmless animals for white sharks, said Erin Summers, the director of the marine department’s biological monitoring division. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021 Exotic species, including ocean sunfish and Guadalupe fur seals, began roaming waters far north of their normal hunting grounds in Mexico and Southern California. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2019 Meet Our Expert National Geographic Emerging Explorer and grantee Dr. Tierney Thys is a marine biologist and filmmaker studying some of the ocean’s largest animals, including the giant ocean sunfish. — National Geographic, 12 June 2019 But leatherback turtles and ocean sunfish are exceptionally big. — Carl Zimmer, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018 Leatherbacks can weigh more than 2,000 pounds; ocean sunfish can reach 5,000 pounds. — Carl Zimmer, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018 Its heaviest modern counterpart is the ocean sunfish, which at its largest weighs in at a modest 5,000 pounds. — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 4 June 2018 Among those spotted were a live ocean sunfish and warm-water blue shark in the Gulf of Alaska, mahi mahi off the coast of Oregon, a Pacific sea turtle common in the Galapagos near San Francisco, and marlin in the waters off Southern California. — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2018

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“Ocean sunfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ocean%20sunfish. Accessed 20 Jan. 2022.

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