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16/07/2005: "SUNFISH CAPTURED"

Sydney Sea Hunters club divers struggle with a sunfish at Wattamolla inlet in the Royal National Park near Sydney.

John M Harding, Kay Milburn and Ken Campbell in the water, assisting Vic Ley (not shown).

A marine aquarium was paying good prices for live exhibits, sharks, turtles and in this case an unusual visitor to the Sydney region, the mola-mola or sunfish.

The huge dorsal fin of a sunfish has been known to terrify fishermen aboard small boats who mistake the fin for that of a giant shark.