‘world’s weirdest fish’ has obliterated all the records after being discovered dead in the Azores.The three-ton sunfish was discovered off the coast of Portugal and is understood to be the heaviest bony fish ever found according to a new study.Also known as a bump-head sunfish, the gigantic beast was actually discovered almost a year ago in December 2021, but confirmation from the study has only surfaced now.READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE 'Frightened' Putin 'getting closer to launching nuclear strike' warns ex-RAF chiefIt was found dead off Faial Island, in the Azores in the North Atlantic Ocean.
According to the non-profit conservation Atlantic Naturalist Association, it was taken to shore for study by locals before researchers got to work analysing the corpse.Details of the report were released in the Journal of Fish Biology on Tuesday (October 11).
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