Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 10005
Lat/Long: 33.03745, -117.91951 (Coordinates: 33° 02' 14.82" N, 117° 55' 10.24" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 10005
Lat/Long: 33.03745, -117.91951 (Coordinates: 33° 02' 14.82" N, 117° 55' 10.24" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: actinopterygii, animal, animalia, california, california baja california, chordata, cleaning, creature, fish, fish behavior, habitat, indo-pacific, kelp paddy drift kelp, 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, submarine, sunfish, teleost fish, tetraodontiformes, underwater, usa, vertebrata, wild, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Fish > Fish Behavior > Cleaning (Symbiosis)
- Animal > Fish > Marine Fish > Indo-Pacific > California / Baja California
- Animal > Fish > Marine Fish > Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola
- Natural World > Habitat > Kelp Paddy / Drift Kelp
- Subject > Technique > Underwater
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