The photograph of the sunfish was captured off the San Diego coast by Daniel Botelho, after being posted last week on his Facebook page.
A Sunfish is a unique looking fish to say the least. Probably among the more interesting fish in the sea. This type of sunfish known as a Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, are appearing more and more often.
David said the picture was taken over two years ago and was surprised how much attention the image got when he posted it to his Facebook.
According to National Geographic ”the mola are the heaviest of all the bony fish, with large specimens reaching 14 feet (4.2 meters) vertically and 10 feet (3.1 meters) horizontally and weighing nearly 5,000 pounds.”
