An expert identified the enormous species as a hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta), which is one of the largest bony fish in the world and is rarely seen in the Northern Hemisphere. Seaside Aquarium ...

But a New Zealand-based marine biologist who saw the photos suspected they had stumbled upon something far more rare — a hoodwinker sunfish. The aquarium’s mistake was understandable.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. It was only a couple of years ago that scientists finally confirmed the existence of a ...

Last year a vessel in Sydney to Hobart Yacht race had to retire from the race after hitting a sunfish and breaking its rudder. Earlier this month a rare hoodwinker sunfish washed up on a beach in ...