A Sea Park for Sunfish

Nusa Penida is under consideration to become a marine national park. It is rich in coral reefs and rare fish.

January 29, 2008

KAL Muller shows off the tattoo of a mola-mola (sunfish) on his foot. The Hungarian-born anthropologist got his tattoo in Nusa Penida, Bali, the place where this fish usually turns up. Only in this favorite dive spot has the man who spent over 30 years living in Papua been able to find the sunfish.

This round, flat fish that can reach a weight of 2.3 tons is certainly unique. In all of Indonesia, it has only been seen in southeast Bali during t

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