Sunfish or sun-fish may refer to:
Fish
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Centrarchidae
Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes (formerly belonging to the deprecated order Centrarchiformes), native only to North America. There are eight universally i ...
, or sunfishes, a family of freshwater fish
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Lepomis
''Lepomis'' or true sunfish is a genus of North American freshwater fish from the family Centrarchidae in the order Perciformes (perch-like fish). The generic name ''Lepomis'' derives from the Greek ("scale") and ("cover", "plug", " opercul ...
'', the genus of true sunfish
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Molidae
The Molidae comprise the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, unusual fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving them a "half-fish" appearance. They are also the largest of the ray-finned bony fish, with th ...
, the family of ocean sunfishes
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Mola (fish)
A sunfish (or mola) is any fish in the ''Mola'' genus (family Molidae). The fish develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin, with which they are born, never grows. Instead, it folds into itself as the creature matures, creat ...
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Ocean sunfish
The ocean sunfish or common mola (''Mola mola'') is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It was misidentified as the heaviest bony fish, which was actually a different species, ''Mola alexandrini''. Adults typically weigh between . The spe ...
, ''Mola mola''
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Basking shark
The basking shark (''Cetorhinus maximus'') is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Adults typically reach in leng ...
, ''Cetorhinus maximus'', common names include sun-fish
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Opah
Opahs, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), kingfish, redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae).
The fami ...
, a family of saltwater fish family Lampridae commonly known as sunfish
Arts and entertainment
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The Sunfish
''The Sunfish'' ( da, Klumpfisken) is a 2014 Danish film directed by Søren Balle, and written by Balle and Lærke Sanderhoff and features actors Henrik Birch and Susanne Storm.
The film won a Bodil Award for Henrik Birch as "Best Leading Act ...
'', 2014 Danish film ''Klumpfisken''
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Sunfish (musical)'', 2013
Places
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Sunfish, Kentucky, U.S.
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Sunfish Pond, in Worthington State Forest, New Jersey, U.S.
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Sunfish Township, Pike County, Ohio, U.S.
Ships
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Sunfish (sailboat), a sailing dinghy
*, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
*, the name of several ships of the United States Navy
See also
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