Sunfish

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In a photo posted by the Kaikyokan aquarium in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, the sunfish is seen swimming in front of photos of human faces attached to a row of uniforms.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

“The ocean sunfish will actually kind of put their heads out of the water as they eat these. It resembles Pac-Man eating pellets,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

It’s the latest tactic in an ongoing struggle to keep non-native smallmouth bass and green sunfish at bay below the Glen Canyon Dam and to protect a threatened native fish, the humpback chub.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023

Despite the fish’s death, it is heartening to see that sunfish can currently survive to reach such a massive size in the wild, Thys says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2022

But we were apt to catch sunfish and cat too small to keep.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck