These molas are young, Howard explains. At less than a foot long, they're nowhere near the five- to six-and-a-half footers he has come across in the bay. While big molas tend to be loners, it's ...

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Ocean sunfish, or Mola mola, are the heaviest of the bony fishes. They are normally between 3 to 5 feet in length and weigh 175 to 500 pounds.

For a group of San Diego whale watchers on Tuesday, the highlight did not involve whales or dolphins, but a bizarre-looking Mola mola. The surprise encounter occurred 10 miles southwest of Mission … ...

Once home, he found a Guinness World Record set in 1996 when a fisherman caught an 8-foot-11 mola mola that weighed 5,070 pounds off the coast of Japan.

“We often see Mola molas during our ocean safaris, and they are super COOL and friendly!” Mola molas (ocean sunfish) are the largest bony fish on the planet and can weigh up to 5,000 pounds.