A new study has revealed that a 6,000-pound giant sunfish found dead in the Azores is the heaviest bony fish ever recorded.
A gigantic, 3-ton sunfish recently discovered near a Portuguese island has set a new world record for the heaviest bony fish ever recorded, according to a new study.
Researchers carried out a necropsy on the giant sunfish and detailed the results in a new study, published Oct. 11 in the Journal of Fish Biology . The humongous fish was around 12 feet tall and around 11 feet long, and it weighed a hefty 6,049 pounds , or approximately 3 tons . The researchers also analyzed the sunfish's stomach contents and took samples of its DNA, according to the statement.
Sunfish are named not from their circular body shape but because they bask in the sunlight at the ocean surface, which scientists believe is how they re-heat themselves after long dives into cold, dark waters in search of food, according to the statement.
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