The collection of plastotypes and molds of our museum has been replenished with a new exhibit. The taxidermist of the museum Oksana Mbita Ebele has made a mold of an ocean sunfish (Mola mola Linnaeus, 1758) by making a cast of the fish that died in the Oceanarium No. 1 at the shopping center “RIO”. The work was done with a distinguished professionalism.
The sunfish is the heaviest of modern osseous fish. Its length can reach three meters. The Guinness World Records contains information on individuals, whose length was 3.1 m., height - 4.26 m. and weight was more than 2 tons.
The
sunfish lives in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans. These fish are
found at a depth of 800 m. They have a disciform body that is flattened from
both sides. The dorsal and anal fins are shifted back to form the tail plate.
The skin is devoid of scales. Teeth grown together form a "beak".
Abdominal fins are absent. The color is bluish or grayish brown. They feed mainly
on jellyfish and other pelagic invertebrates. This is the most fertile species
among vertebrates. The sunfish produces up to 300 million fish eggs at a time.
17 January 2024
Re-exposition of the display case “Wetland complex of Losiny Island”
25 December 2023
Gifts to the museum: drawings by M. D. Ezuchevsky and a screen made according to the artist’s sketch
11 December 2023
The exhibition “Big Portrait for Small Company” from the collection of the State Darwin Museum opened in China
1 December 2023
“Image/s of the North in Russian and European art” Interdisciplinary scientific conference