PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Sunfish is known as the most
Sunfish are a very large fish with a very long Dorsal and anal fin, and a very bizarre body shape.
Physical adaptations
- Sunfish have a clavus that reaches to there Dorsal fin and to the end of there anal fin to help them swim.
- From the top of the water, due to there very tall Dorsal fin sunfish are sometimes mistaken as Sharks, which gives them a benefit of defense.
Behavior Adaptations
- Sunfish like to dive along the thermocline to avoid predators
- They also drift along the surface of the water on it's side to keep warm after being in colder climates.
This is a world map of where a Sunfish lives.
The sunfish is a very solitary organism. But it does obviously interact with the organisms they eat, which is mostly jellyfish.
Sunfishes most sever threat is fisheries, In some areas they are 90% of the total catch.
But in a lot of areas they