Mola mola; Ocean Sunfish; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Western+gull+for+size+comparison&title_tag=Western+gull+for+size+comparison>Western gull for size comparison</a>)</small>

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Mola mola; Ocean Sunfish; (shown with Western gull for size comparison)

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Mola mola
Ocean Sunfish
(shown with Western gull for size comparison)

Photographer: Lisa Hug

ID: 0000 0000 0709 0284 (2009-07-05)

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date of photo Jul 5, 2009

location offshore Southeast Farallon Islands (San Francisco County, California, US)

family Molidae

habitat open ocean

species associated with this habitat: Larus occidentalis

notes gull can be used for scale

photo category: Animal - Fish

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common names Ocean Sunfish (photographer)

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