Nyegaard was researching ocean sunfish when genetic sampling led her to discover that not all of the fish she was studying were Mola mola, some were a rarer new species, Mola tecta, or hoodwinker ...

Hence the fish’s name, mola tecta, “derived from the Latin tectus, meaning disguised or hidden,” Nyegaard said. “Finding these fish and storing specimens for studies is a logistical ...