From a distance, this creature looks like a giant head moving around in the ocean.
With many unique features, the moonfish (Mola mola) is considered one of the most exotic fish in the world.
The first impression of this fish is their 'confusing' shape. Moon fish are round, flat and short, almost without distinction between head, body and tail.
Their dorsal and pelvic fins are short and high, the caudal fin is only a narrow band, hardly swimming.
Along with the strange shape, the moon fish possesses a super 'big' size. Adult fish can be up to 5.5m long, weighs 1400kg.
Despite the body of the statue, the moon's mouth is very small. Their main food is aquatic plants, crustaceans, plankton, and fry.
Due to the limp body structure, despite being big, moon fish swim very weak. Most of the time, they only let their massive body float freely following the water.
However, when chasing the bait, they can flip horizontally in the water and use dorsal and anal fins to swim quite quickly.
Another special feature of moon fish is that the female has only one ovary, but contains an amount of eggs up to 300 million, 3 times the population of Vietnam.
The main habitat of moon fish is tropical waters, including the South China Sea.
As noted, Nghe An fishermen have caught this strange species of fish many times. The size of caught fish ranges from tens of kilograms to half a ton.
In the Vietnam Red Book, moon fish is considered a rare species, requiring special protection.
