Two Macquarie University academics off the NSW’s south coast sighted this remarkably large sunfish, big enough to fill a room and weighing perhaps 1.5 tones.
The two were on their way to investigate an oil spill at Jervis Bay when they spotted this sunfish. People often confuse the dorsal fin of a sun fish with a great white shark.
Dr Harcourt captured the images of the fish swimming with honours student Mathew Kertesz on December 8 last year in about 40 metres of water near the entrance to Jervis Bay.
