and the other was a hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta). The Seaside Aquarium explained it's not unusual for these fish to wash ...

An ocean sunfish measuring more than 5 feet washed ashore a half mile south of the Sunset Beach approach near Astoria on ...

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 ...