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An Ocean Sunfish or Mola
Photo: An ocean sunfish or mola
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Resembling a big floating blob, the sunfish, or mola, is the world's largest bony fish.
Photograph courtesy Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary/NOAA
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