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Otherwise known as Ocean Sunfish, there are currently three distinct
species recognized within the family Molidae including: the common mola
(Mola mola), the sharp-tailed mola, and the slender mola. Throughout
the world, a number of other rather unusual common names label ocean
sunfishes including:
Poisson
lune (French meaning "moon fish"); Schwimmender kopf (German meaning
"swimming head"); Putol (Philippine-Bisaya dialect for "cut short");
Manbo (Japan); Toppled car fish (Taiwan); Bezador (Spain) and Makua
(Hawaii). The label of "ocean sunfish" stems from the mola’s odd
tendency to float on the surface of the ocean giving the look of
bathing in the sun...
All three species of sunfish are found in all tropical and
temperate oceans. The Mola mola is the most common of the Ocean Sunfish
family. The word mola comes from Latin and means millstone.. so-named
because of the fishes' odd shape. All sunfishes look as though their
bodies are foreshortened, appearing more like a giant swimming head
than a fish. The sunfishes' body is less than twice as long as it is
wide. Most molas live at a depth of 300 meters.
Add to that the
fact that they have rough gritty skin covered with mucus and a round
tail, and you truly have the makings of an odd looking creature of the
sea!
Most often a shiny silver, their skin can flash patterns
of spots as well. The sunfish currently holds the world record for the
heaviest bony fish. The largest recorded to date weighed 4927 lbs and
measured ten feet long. Some marine biologists believe that the sunfish
can live to be over 100 years old.
In Bali the Mola Mola swim
fairly close to the reef. They regularly visit particular cleaning
stations where groups of bannerfish eat the parasites infesting their
skin. If a sunfish comes still closer to the reef, angelfishes and
sometimes butterflyfishes also snack on its parasites.
Molas are
a large but gentle fish, not threatening to divers. In Bali, if lucky,
scuba divers may encounter the Molas eating jellyfish. The fish hang
almost motionless in the water and suck one jellyfish after the next
into their small mouths.
Dive News 
Poisson
lune (French meaning "moon fish"); Schwimmender kopf (German meaning
"swimming head"); Putol (Philippine-Bisaya dialect for "cut short");
Manbo (Japan); Toppled car fish (Taiwan); Bezador (Spain) and Makua
(Hawaii). The label of "ocean sunfish" stems from the mola’s odd
tendency to float on the surface of the ocean giving the look of
bathing in the sun...
Most often a shiny silver, their skin can flash patterns
of spots as well. The sunfish currently holds the world record for the
heaviest bony fish. The largest recorded to date weighed 4927 lbs and
measured ten feet long. Some marine biologists believe that the sunfish
can live to be over 100 years old.
