Sunfish
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Mai Kato, a staff member, told Mainichi Shimbun that the sunfish, which arrived at the aquarium a year ago, had a "curious" personality and "would swim up to visitors when they approached the tank".
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025
Ocean sunfish sightings tend to rise when velella observations do, Jaros said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
But someone since then dumped in a bucket of wide-mouth bass, which eat native sunfish eggs, Lucero said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023
Orcas also seem to enjoy penguin breast meat and sunfish intestines, Meyer says.
From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2023
I catch three pumpkinseed sunfish and a catfish while Bando gathers tender dandelion leaves, chicory greens, and wild carrots for salad.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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