PhotosFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionThis 7-foot, 300-pound ocean sunfish was found Monday about a quarter-mile north of the Surfside ramp in Vilano Beach.
Florida fish and wildlife officials are investigating the recent deaths of three massive ocean sunfish found less than a week apart on three St.
Then a deputy found the carcass of a 7-foot, 300-pound sunfish about a quarter-mile north of the Surfside ramp on Vilano Beach around 2 a.m. Biologists plan to collect the species' tissues, organs, gills, hearts and brains to look for parasites and test for toxins. Little is known about the ocean sunfish, also known as the mola mola, or common mola, which is the heaviest known bony fish in the world.

19, another one washed up on Ponte Vedra Beach, near 159 Sea Hammock Way, behind the Old Ponte Vedra condominiums. 11, said Carli Segelson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Research Institute spokeswoman.
Scientists still haven't determined their cause of death and they don't anticipate determining the causes for the most recent ones for months, said Micah Bakenhaster, FWC research division biologist. They will also consider the creatures' histology, which tells if something is happening in the ocean, or if they have diseases or something wrong internally. With average adults weighing about 2,200 pounds, the flat body fish resembles a fish head with a tail.

Adult sunfish are vulnerable to few natural predators, but sea lions, orca whales and sharks will consume them.

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