Gigantic sunfish that washed up on Oregon beach could be the largest of its species ever found

Beachgoers were stunned when a massive, 7-foot-long fish with a round body, huge fins and bulging eyes washed up along the coast of Oregon.

After news emerged about the giant fish, Marianne Nyegaard, a marine biologist in New Zealand who was involved in the discovery of M. tecta, reached out to Seaside Aquarium and identified it as a rare hoodwinker sunfish. Sunfish feed between depths of 660 and 2,000 feet , where they eat jellyfish, small fish and crustaceans. While hunting, temperatures can drop to less than 10 degrees celsius. They are occasionally seen sunbathing close to the sea surface to regulate their body temperature after hunting dives, according to a 2015 study.

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