Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. This smashes the record of the previous largest bony fish, which was that of another giant sunfish from Japan in 1996, ...

Sunfish anglers will need to closely check the new 2021 Minnesota Fishing Regulations booklet as well as signs at boat landings for new sunfish (bluegill) limits that went into effect March 1 on 94 ...

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, disk-like body and a distinctive bulge on its head and chin, this massive ...

A giant, ocean sunfish weighing more than 6,000 pounds was found in Portugal and the fish has posthumously set a world record for being the largest bony fish known to man, according to a recent report ...

The animal beats the record previously held by another giant sunfish caught off the coast of Kamogawa, Japan, in 1996 that weighed 5,070 lbs. Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily ...

Anglers can weigh in on proposed special fishing regulations that, if adopted, would become effective next year. Most of the changes proposed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are aimed ...

Sunfish is a collective term that includes a variety of fish species that live and reign in still, warm water like ponds and lakes. Taxonomically speaking, there are 17 species of fish in the ...

California’s only native sunfish, the Sacramento perch, survived catastrophic floods in the 1860s and was so abundant that it was a regular staple in San Francisco’s markets before invasive species ...

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank, and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations.