The sunfish also rises in Britain – again

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The rare and bizarre-looking sunfish has been spotted for the first time this year off the British coast.

Two of the gigantic fish, which can grow to around 11ft (3.5m), were sighted in the waters off Polzeath and St Agnes, in Cornwall.

A fully grown sunfish weighs up to 2,200 lbs (1,000kg) according to the British Marine Life Study Society, and was last spotted off Britain last December, when a dead one washed up on a Norfolk beach.

The glimpse of the sunfish, by Richard Morton of Cardigan Bay Marine Centre, was one of many marine wildlife sightings across the country last week, as the Wildlife Trusts encouraged the public to record what they spotted for National Marine Week.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-sunfish-also-rises-in-britain--again-8755935.html