Massive, rare sunfish washes on shore of beach in South Australia


A rare sunfish that can weigh more than a car when fully grown washed up at the Coorong National Park in South Australia.

Two fishermen discovered the giant sunfish on the shore over the weekend. Linette Grzelak posted pictures of their find and told The Guardian Australia that her partner thought the dead fish “was a piece of shipwreck at first.”

Ralph Foster, South Australia Museum’s fish collection manager, said this particular type of sunfish was rare.
"I've actually had a good look at it, we get three species here and this is actually the rarest one in South Australian waters," Foster told the Australian Broadcasting Company.