Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)
Mola mola
Molidaefish3.3m / 11ft (length); >2,000kgVulnerable
About Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola).
Heaviest bony fish in the ocean. Cold-water upwellings draw mola to cleaning stations around Nusa Penida and Crystal Bay during Jul–Oct.
Where it lives.
Pelagic, rises to cleaning stations near reefs
How it behaves.
Drifts at surface, visits cleaning stations
Best time to see it.
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