When molas are swimming at the surface it is common for their fins to be mistaken for those of sharks.
Ocean sunfish, dorsal fin at water surface, open ocean. San Diego, California, USA
Stock Photo: 03309 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA Format: Film 2:3 Other Names: sunfish, moonfish, mondfisch, manbow, pez luna, pesce luna Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Purchase a print of this image Request a review copy of this image Keywords: actinopterygii, animal, animalia, california, california baja california, chordata, creature, dorsal, dorsal fin, fin, fish, fish anatomy, indo-pacific, manbow, marine, marine fish, mola, mola mola, molidae, mondfisch, moonfish, nature, ocean, ocean sunfish, ocean sunfish - mola mola, odd, outdoors, outside, pacific, pacific ocean, pelagic, pesce luna, pez luna, san diego, sea, strange, sunfish, teleost fish, tetraodontiformes, usa, vertebrata, wild, wildlife |