logo
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
              
logo 11/28/2024 12:02:57 AM     
A Giant Sunfish In the Azores Weighed In as the Heaviest Bony Fish On Record 
By Alexander Haro US Source: theinertia 10/13/2022
Alexander Haro
There are many strange creatures in the sea. Big and small, cute and terrifying, weird and weirder. One of those creatures is the giant mola, also known as the ocean sunfish. In December of 2021, a dead one was found floating near Faial Island off Horta Harbor in the Azores archipelago, Portugal. Turns out it was the heaviest bony fish ever recorded. How heavy was it, you ask? A staggering 6,050 pounds.
 

Ocean sunfishes are the heaviest living bony fish in the world. They can generally grow up to 10 feet in length — although the one found in the Azores was longer — and apparently weigh more than 6,000 pounds. Most of the time, they’re floating around in the deep ocean, but they do come up to the surface on occasion, where they float on their sides to warm up and let the birds eat the parasites off them. The birds or Mark Healey, who ever gets there first.

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
526Advanced underwater robots discover deep-sea squid that broods giant eggsphys.org2024-06-12US
527Lake Superior produces another Minnesota record coho salmonechopress2024-06-11US
528Go fishing for free this Fathers Day weekend in Ontarioottawasun2024-06-11CA
529North Carolina fishing team wins $1.7M after catching 504-pound blue marlinFox News2024-06-11US
530Owner of arowana fish has no intention of reclaiming escaped fishnst2024-05-31MY
531State wildlife agency will pay residents $100 to catch one type of fishmsn2024-05-27US
532Bass on the weedlineechopress2024-06-07US
533Antique fishing lures draw enthusiasts to show Sundayowensoundsuntimes2024-06-09CA
534Vancouver Island daycare kids save 300 fish from imminent deathalbernivalleynews2024-05-31CA
535Paul Whitehouse backs calls to allow women into gentlemens fly fishing clubtelegraph2024-05-31UK
536Anglers snag large bottom-dweller with big eyes — and discover a new speciesmiamiherald2024-06-01US
5374 Zebrafish Brought to Chinas Space Station Still Alivenatureworldnews2024-05-28CN
538Residents claim to uncover chips inside Arowanas caught and cooked in Kluangnst2024-06-01MY
539Ловля карася поверхуohotniki2024-06-03RU
540The UN Says More Aquatic Animals Were Farmed Than Fished in 2022Associated Press2024-06-07US
541Insights into Iraqi aquaculturethefishsite2024-06-07IQ
542The ancient deep-sea creature that can can choke a shark by spewing slimelivescience2024-06-07US
543Odd-looking fish, largest of its kind, washes up on beach, stumps expertsFox News2024-06-09US
544Pennsylvania man catches once in a lifetime fishmytwintiers2024-05-20US
545Unusual new fish makes its home in Bermuda watersroyalgazette2024-05-21UK
546Artificial reefs to boost fish catch, support livelihoodsmongabay2024-05-21IN
547Microplastic particles detected in fish brains in eastern TürkiyeTürkiye2024-05-22TR
548Please cast away old fishing lines, hooks in these new binssootoday2024-06-06CA
549Illegal fishing and labor abuse rampant in Chinas Indian Ocean fleetmongabay2024-06-06CN
550Anglers spot shimmering catch being chased by sharks — and haul in 9-foot-long fishmiamiherald2024-06-05US

134 135 136 21 of [137 - pages.]