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Odd-Looking Fish that Washed Ashore in Oregon Is Newly Discovered Species

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The previously unknown variety of flat, circular fish was first documented by a New Zealand researcher in 2017.

A hoodwinker sunfish washes ashore in Oregon.
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An odd-looking fish whose corpse washed ashore in Northern Oregon is a member of a newly discovered and rare species of sunfish called the hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta), according to a local aquarium that posted the news on Facebook.

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