Molidae

Hoodwinker ocean sunfish

Mola tecta

Molid Fish of Coastal Waters

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Africa
• Oceania
• Large
• Temperate fish

The hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta) is a large and flat bony fish located in temperate waters. The Latin word "tecta" means hidden, and has been adopted as the name due to the fish blending among other species of sunfish for a prolonged time and only being discovered recently. Belonging to the family Molidae and genus Mola, the hoodwinker sunfish is closely related to the more widely known species: The ocean sunfish (Mola mola).