Sunfish or sun-fish may refer to:
Fish
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Centrarchidae
Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes or centrarchids, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Centrarchiformes, native only to North America. There are eight universally included genera within the centrarchid famil ...
, 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 (biology), family Centrarchidae in the order (biology), order Centrarchiformes. The generic name (biology), generic name ''Lepomis'' derives from the Greek l ...
'', 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 fin, dorsal and anal fins, giving them a "half-fish" appearance. They are also the largest of the ray-finned bony fi ...
, the family of ocean sunfishes
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Mola (fish)
A sunfish, also called a mola, is any fish in the genus ''Mola'' (family Molidae). The fish develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin, which is present at birth, never grows. Instead, it folds into itself as the creature m ...
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Ocean sunfish
The ocean sunfish (''Mola mola''), also known as the common mola, is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus ''Mola'', and one of five extant species in the family Molidae. It was once misidentified as th ...
, ''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. It is one of three Planktivore, plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sh ...
, ''Cetorhinus maximus'', common names include sun-fish
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Opah
The opah, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), cowfish, kingfish, and redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied Pelagic zone, pelagic lampriform Fish, fishes comprising the genus ''Lampris'', of ...
, a family of saltwater fish family Lampridae commonly known as sunfish
Arts and entertainment
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The Sunfish
''The Sunfish'' () 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 Actor" and Susanne Stor ...
'', 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
Sunfish Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,115 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Ships
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Sunfish (sailboat)
The Sunfish is a personal-size, beach-launched sailing dinghy. It features a very flat, boardlike hull carrying an Oceanic lateen sail mounted to an un- stayed mast.
Sunfish was developed by Alcort, Inc. and first appeared around 1952 as t ...
, 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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