Gigantic sunfish that washed up on Oregon beach could be the largest of its species ever found

Close up of the hoodwinker sunfish on the sandy beach.

Beachgoers were stunned when a massive, 7-foot-long (2 meters) fish with a round body, huge fins and bulging eyes washed up along the coast of Oregon.

An expert identified the enormous species as a hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta), which is one of the largest bony fish in the world and is rarely seen in the Northern Hemisphere.