Oceanic Sunfish – The Mambo Fish

Considered a delicacy in Taiwan, Japan and Korea, but banned in the EU, the ocean sunfish, or mola mola, is found in temperate and tropical waters all over the world. The mola mola is the heaviest bony fish in the world, weighing up to 1 ton (1000kg) due to a diet consisting of large amounts of jellyfish. The average length of the ocean sunfish is 1.8m although specimens up to 3.3m have been recorded. It is a pelagic fish, swimming at depths up to 600m in waters warmer than 10°C. Life expectanc