An Upclose Encounter with a Mola Mola

The Ocean sunfish is one enormous marine creature, and this photo of a diver taken next to one puts its sheer size into perspective. Weighing in at  540 to 2,205 pounds and stretching out to 5.9 feet, the sunfish are amongst our planet’s heaviest-known bony fish.

The Ocean sunfish is considered a weird ocean inhabitant,  starting from its appearance to its shapeshifting abilities. With the third discovered in 2017, three species of the Mola genus exist.  The Mola Mola, which inhabits temperate waters, is the largest, and the southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi, prefers the waters below the equator.