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Although you might think this species spends a good amount of time at the surface, these fish actually live mostly at depths of 700 to 2,000 feet underwater. Do you know what kind of fish this is?
To see the answer, just read more.
It's not a shark, it's an Ocean Sunfish. Native to warm and tropical waters around the world, the Ocean Sunfish (also known as Mola Mola) are the heaviest known bony fish in the world, weighing in at up to 2,200 pounds.
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An amateur photographer from New Jersey received an unexpected treat on a shark expedition last July off the coast of Holbox Island, Mexico when a school of Cownose Stingrays crossed her path while migrating for the Summer. Cownose stingrays have a twice yearly migration, starting both in the late Spring and Winter, and can be seen traveling in schools of up to 10,000 rays right now in the areas from Western Florida to the Yucatan.
Sandra Critelli who snapped the amazing pics, says she's never seen anything like it before, calling it an "unreal image, very difficult to describe," and estimates this school to be in the thousands.
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If you wanted to visit the world's largest fish tank, you'd have to go to Okinawa, Japan, home of the "Kuroshio Sea," otherwise known as the Churaumi Aquarium. Their fish tank is so humongous, it holds four whale sharks – the biggest fish alive.
Not only is the local sea life that's housed in the tank beautiful to look at, but the observation window at the Churaumi is a marvel on its own.
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