When Lester Roberts hauled his record-breaking redbreast sunfish out of a Georgia river and into the boat, he told Georgia Outdoor News he had never seen anything like it. “I swung him in the boat, ...
A team of scientists in Portugal say they discovered the heaviest bony fish in the world in the Azores archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The giant sunfish, weighing a little more than 3 tons, was ...
(CNN) — A giant sunfish found floating dead in the Atlantic weighed in at almost 3 tons and is believed to be the world’s heaviest bony fish. Researchers said the animal was found in December near ...
Fish are one of the species in the world with the most diversity. These aquatic animals come in different shapes, colors, and skeletal compositions. Some are endemic to freshwater habitats, and others ...
My first view of an ocean sunfish was on a wall at a natural history museum during my freshman year in college. At first glance, I thought that someone had displayed half of a fish. The tail was ...
“I swung him in the boat, and we couldn’t believe just how big he was,” the angler told news outlets. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division When Lester Roberts hauled his ...