Sunfish
32 creative works found
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A fisher’s boat on the beach, waiting to bring its owner out to the fishing grounds in the bay. The lamp used to lure in the fish after sunset is powered with propane gas. + Location: Makarska Riviera, Croatia
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Would you rather fish than go to the work? Let them know with this Fishing humor Sunfish Illustration. Humorous gift for the avid fisherman has text that states “Work is for people who don’t know how to fish”.
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Would you rather fish than go to the work? Let them know with this Fishing humor Sunfish Illustration. Humorous gift for the avid fisherman has text that states “Work is for people who don’t know how to fish”.
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3d digital art render of a school of sunfish Made with bryce 3d,
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A glimpse into the underwater life of the ocean.
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Glass Lake, N.Y. / August 2008 / The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons. Within the family, all members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and – including the Zigzag Heron or Zigzag Bittern – are a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. However, egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white and/or have decorative plumes, and while having the same build as the larger herons tend to be smaller. / The classification of the individual heron/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and there is still no clear consensus about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, Ardea and Egretta. Similarly, the relationship of the genera in the family is not completely resolved. However, one species formerly considered to constitute a separate monotypic family Cochlearidae, the Boat-billed Heron, is now regarded as a member of the Ardeidae. / Although herons resemble birds in some other families, such as the storks, ibises and spoonbills, they differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched. They are also one of the bird groups that have powder down. / Some members of this group nest colonially in trees, others, notably the bitterns, use reedbeds.(wiki) The sunfishes are a family (Centrarchidae) of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. The type genus is Centrarchus (consisting solely of the flier, C. macropterus). The family’s 27 species includes many fishes familiar to North Americans, including the rock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappies. All are native only to North America. / / / /
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Selection of freshwater fish, digitally painted with Fractalius filter.
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Freshwater fish
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Freshwater fish
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Collage of colorful freshwater sunfish, digitally painted and treated in photoshop.
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My best friend and I caught a number of small sunfish in a minnow net and afterwards with let them go in the shallows off a small island.
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Pumpkinseed sunfish
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Water Color, Color Pencil, Pen and Ink of A Pumpkinseed just Prior to a Safe Unharmed Release.
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Two pieces of stained glass art from a very ornate indoor wind chime of my sister’s. Sony Alpha 700, Sigma 17 to 70 / The Sun was shot at 55 mm, f4.0, 1/60 second, the Fish was 35 mm, f4.0, 1/20 second. Both were at iso 100 and spot metered. The two images were then combined as a single one in Photoshop
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Also known as Sea or Ocean Sunfish. Off coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts (Cape Cod) yet usually found in more tropical/warm waters. It feeds on small jellyfish & is the world’s largest known bony fish. / While on boat whale watch tour in September 2009. The captain and naturalist aboard were very excited about this spotting. They said this Mola Mola was approximately 8’ in diameter – it came very close to our boat & I was at the very front of our boat so able to get wonderful shots of it laying on its side. Canon 50D w. EFS 55 – 250 mm telephoto lens / Tv 2000 / Av 4.5 / ISO 250
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First of 4 digital artworks created for a WWF FDC envelope issue. This set is quite interesting for a reason other than the weirdness of the subject! This is one of the VERY rare occasions when I was allowed to show a human in the pix. It was my idea to do this, because there was no other way to indicate just how HUGE these amazing fish are. They agreed, albeit reluctantly, but I think it makes a very interesting issue, and luckily, so did they. Nice to be able to get people to bend the rules sometimes with a good argument.
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Second of 4 digital artworks created for a WWF FDC envelope issue. This set is quite interesting for a reason other than the weirdness of the subject! This is one of the VERY rare occasions when I was allowed to show a human in the pix. It was my idea to do this, because there was no other way to indicate just how HUGE these amazing fish are. They agreed, albeit reluctantly, but I think it makes a very interesting issue, and luckily, so did they. Nice to be able to get people to bend the rules sometimes with a good argument.
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Third of 4 digital artworks created for a WWF FDC envelope issue. This set is quite interesting for a reason other than the weirdness of the subject! This is one of the VERY rare occasions when I was allowed to show a human in the pix. It was my idea to do this, because there was no other way to indicate just how HUGE these amazing fish are. They agreed, albeit reluctantly, but I think it makes a very interesting issue, and luckily, so did they. Nice to be able to get people to bend the rules sometimes with a good argument.
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Final of 4 digital artworks created for a WWF FDC envelope issue. This set is quite interesting for a reason other than the weirdness of the subject! This is one of the VERY rare occasions when I was allowed to show a human in the pix. It was my idea to do this, because there was no other way to indicate just how HUGE these amazing fish are. They agreed, albeit reluctantly, but I think it makes a very interesting issue, and luckily, so did they. Nice to be able to get people to bend the rules sometimes with a good argument.
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Four majestic rulers of the Ocean. Digital artworks created for the WWF for use as FDC envelope designs
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3d art render of an ocean sunfish. Made with Bryce 3d. The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). The species is native to tropical and temperate / waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long when their dorsal and ventral fins are extended. / Sunfish live on a diet that consists mainly of jellyfish, but because this diet is nutritionally poor, they consume large amounts in order to develop and maintain their great bulk. Females of the / species can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate. Sunfish fry resemble miniature / pufferfish, with large pectoral fins, a tail fin and body spines uncharacteristic of adult sunfish. / Adult sunfish are vulnerable to few natural predators, but sea lions, orcas and sharks will consume them. Among humans, sunfish are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, including / Japan, the Korean peninsula and Taiwan, but sale of their flesh is banned in the European Union. Sunfish are frequently, though accidentally, caught in gillnets, and are also vulnerable to harm or death from encounters with floating trash, such as plastic bags. A member of the order Tetraodontiformes, which also includes pufferfish, porcupinefish and filefish, the sunfish shares many traits common to members of this order. It was originally classified as Tetraodon mola under the pufferfish genus, but it has since been given its own genus, / Mola, with two species under it. The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, is the type species of the genus. The ocean sunfish resembles a fish head with a tail. Its caudal fin is replaced by a rounded clavus, / creating the body’s distinct shape. The main body is flattened laterally, giving it a long oval shape / when seen head-on. The pectoral fins are small and fan-shaped. However, the dorsal fin and the / anal fin are lengthened, often making the fish as tall as it is long. Specimens up to 3.2 m (10.5 ft) / in height have been recorded. The ocean sunfish has an average length of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), and an average weight of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb), although individuals up to 3.3 m (10.8 ft) in length 4.2 m (14 ft) across the finsand / weighing up to 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) have been observed. The spinal column of M. mola contains fewer vertebrae and is shorter in relation to the body / than that of any other fish. The spinal cord of a specimen measuring 2.1 m (6.9 ft) in length is / under 25 mm (1 in) long. Even though sunfish descended from bony ancestors, its skeleton / actually contains largely cartilaginous tissues, which are lighter than bone, allowing it to grow to / sizes impractical for other bony fishes. This is also illustrated by the fact that the largest fish in existence today is the whale shark, an entirely boneless fish. The sunfish lacks a swim bladder. Some sources indicate that the internal organs contain a / concentrated neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin, like the organs of other poisonous tetraodontiformes,while others dispute this claim. Ocean sunfish are native to the temperate and tropical waters of every ocean in the world. Mola / genotypes appear to vary widely between the Atlantic and Pacific, but genetic differences / between individuals in the northern and southern hemispheres are minimal. Sunfish are pelagic and swim at depths of up to 600 m (2,000 ft). Contrary to the general / perception that sunfish spend much of their time basking at the surface, research suggests that / adult M. mola actually spend a large portion of their lives submerged at depths greater than 200 m (660 ft), occupying both the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones. They usually stay in water warmer than 10 °C (50 °F). In fact, prolonged periods spent in water at / temperatures of 12 °C (54 °F) or lower can lead to disorientation and eventual death. Researchers theorize that the basking behaviour at the surface, in which the sunfish swims on its / side presenting its largest profile to the sun, may be a method of “thermally recharging” following / dives into deeper, colder water. Others point to sightings of the fish in colder waters such as / those southwest of England outside of its usual habitat as evidence of increasing marine / temperatures. Sunfish are usually found alone, but occasionally in pairs or in large groups while being cleaned. / They swim primarily in open waters, but are sometimes seen near kelp beds taking advantage of resident populations of smaller fish which remove ectoparasites from their skin. Because sunfishmust consume a large volume of prey, their presence in a given area may be used as an indicator of nutrient-rich waters where endangered species may be found. The diet of the ocean sunfish consists primarily of various jellyfish (similar to the diet of a leatherback turtle). Additionally, it consumes salps, comb jellies, zooplankton, squid, crustaceans, / small fishes, fish larvae, and eel grass. This diet is nutritionally poor, forcing the sunfish to / consume large amount of food to maintain its size. The range of food items found inside sunfish / indicates that the sunfish feeds at many levels, from the surface to deep water, and occasionally / down to the seafloor in some areas. The sunfish can spit out and pull in water through its small mouth to tear apart soft-bodied prey. / Its teeth are fused into a beak-like structure, allowing it to break up harder organisms. In / addition, pharyngeal teeth located in the throat grind food into smaller pieces before passing / them to the stomach.
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3d art render fn ocean sunfish Made with bryce 3d. The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). The species is native to tropical and temperate / waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long when their dorsal and ventral fins are extended. / Sunfish live on a diet that consists mainly of jellyfish, but because this diet is nutritionally poor, they consume large amounts in order to develop and maintain their great bulk. Females of the / species can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate. Sunfish fry resemble miniature / pufferfish, with large pectoral fins, a tail fin and body spines uncharacteristic of adult sunfish. / Adult sunfish are vulnerable to few natural predators, but sea lions, orcas and sharks will consume them. Among humans, sunfish are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, including / Japan, the Korean peninsula and Taiwan, but sale of their flesh is banned in the European Union. Sunfish are frequently, though accidentally, caught in gillnets, and are also vulnerable to harm or death from encounters with floating trash, such as plastic bags. A member of the order Tetraodontiformes, which also includes pufferfish, porcupinefish and filefish, the sunfish shares many traits common to members of this order. It was originally classified as Tetraodon mola under the pufferfish genus, but it has since been given its own genus, / Mola, with two species under it. The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, is the type species of the genus. The ocean sunfish resembles a fish head with a tail. Its caudal fin is replaced by a rounded clavus, / creating the body’s distinct shape. The main body is flattened laterally, giving it a long oval shape / when seen head-on. The pectoral fins are small and fan-shaped. However, the dorsal fin and the / anal fin are lengthened, often making the fish as tall as it is long. Specimens up to 3.2 m (10.5 ft) / in height have been recorded. The ocean sunfish has an average length of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), and an average weight of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb), although individuals up to 3.3 m (10.8 ft) in length 4.2 m (14 ft) across the finsand / weighing up to 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) have been observed. The spinal column of M. mola contains fewer vertebrae and is shorter in relation to the body / than that of any other fish. The spinal cord of a specimen measuring 2.1 m (6.9 ft) in length is / under 25 mm (1 in) long. Even though sunfish descended from bony ancestors, its skeleton / actually contains largely cartilaginous tissues, which are lighter than bone, allowing it to grow to / sizes impractical for other bony fishes. This is also illustrated by the fact that the largest fish in existence today is the whale shark, an entirely boneless fish. The sunfish lacks a swim bladder. Some sources indicate that the internal organs contain a / concentrated neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin, like the organs of other poisonous tetraodontiformes,while others dispute this claim. Ocean sunfish are native to the temperate and tropical waters of every ocean in the world. Mola / genotypes appear to vary widely between the Atlantic and Pacific, but genetic differences / between individuals in the northern and southern hemispheres are minimal. Sunfish are pelagic and swim at depths of up to 600 m (2,000 ft). Contrary to the general / perception that sunfish spend much of their time basking at the surface, research suggests that / adult M. mola actually spend a large portion of their lives submerged at depths greater than 200 m (660 ft), occupying both the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones. They usually stay in water warmer than 10 °C (50 °F). In fact, prolonged periods spent in water at / temperatures of 12 °C (54 °F) or lower can lead to disorientation and eventual death. Researchers theorize that the basking behaviour at the surface, in which the sunfish swims on its / side presenting its largest profile to the sun, may be a method of “thermally recharging” following / dives into deeper, colder water. Others point to sightings of the fish in colder waters such as / those southwest of England outside of its usual habitat as evidence of increasing marine / temperatures. Sunfish are usually found alone, but occasionally in pairs or in large groups while being cleaned. / They swim primarily in open waters, but are sometimes seen near kelp beds taking advantage of resident populations of smaller fish which remove ectoparasites from their skin. Because sunfishmust consume a large volume of prey, their presence in a given area may be used as an indicator of nutrient-rich waters where endangered species may be found. The diet of the ocean sunfish consists primarily of various jellyfish (similar to the diet of a leatherback turtle). Additionally, it consumes salps, comb jellies, zooplankton, squid, crustaceans, / small fishes, fish larvae, and eel grass. This diet is nutritionally poor, forcing the sunfish to / consume large amount of food to maintain its size. The range of food items found inside sunfish / indicates that the sunfish feeds at many levels, from the surface to deep water, and occasionally / down to the seafloor in some areas. The sunfish can spit out and pull in water through its small mouth to tear apart soft-bodied prey. / Its teeth are fused into a beak-like structure, allowing it to break up harder organisms. In / addition, pharyngeal teeth located in the throat grind food into smaller pieces before passing / them to the stomach.
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