HUGE sunfish washes ashore!

[lmw80]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3070756a10,00.html


8O

 

[Fluff]

Holey moley. That's quite a fish.

 

[rubysoho]

whoa...

 

[austinsdad]

Was out fishing once off the Delaware shore. Saw a monster just underneath the water surface - so I thought. Captain said it was a sunfish.

"Whoa" is about right.

 

[Menagerie]

Look at those teeth (if that's what they are!)!!!!

 

[revhtree]

That thing is huge!! That thing is Ugly!! Think I could get one for my tank??

 

[Toirtis]

Mola mola are pretty cool. We had a Humboldt squid caught off the BC coast here just a few days back, too.

Live Mola mola:

 

[lmw80]

Wow! kinda looks like a whale gone wrong, lol.

 

[BubbleyBlue]

i would not want to meet that fish in a dark alley. actually that would make a really interesting story.

 

[alarmguy66]

but how many can I keep in my new 55 gallon tank?

 

[lyquidphyre]

Ha, my mom is deathly affraid of fish- im TOTALLY showing her that picture

 

[hisc1ay]

Wow...when I read "Huge sunfish" I was thinking maybe a 12" or even 15" freshwater sunny.

Like this:

That ain't it!

-j

 

[Psyhampster]

about 1/3 of one perhaps?

 

[Toirtis]

but how many can I keep in my new 55 gallon tank?

The rule of thumb is 10 gallons per Mola mola....so 5½.

 

[Toirtis]

The Humboldt caught off BC:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/10/08/squid_bc041008.html