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In February, UC Santa Barbara researchers found an elusive hoodwinker sunfish that had washed ashore in Goleta, far from its usual home in the waters of Australia and New Zealand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019

A 7-foot hoodwinker sunfish, scientifically known as the Mola tecta, was found on Sands Beach at UC Santa Barbara’s Coal Oil Point Reserve on Feb. 20, according to the university's news release on the find.

From Fox News • Mar. 1, 2019

Nyegaard, after Turner and Nilsen provided her with clearer and more detailed photos, was able to determine it was indeed a hoodwinker.

From Fox News • Mar. 1, 2019

Lighter in tone than The Girl, Hitchcock is a portrait of an extraordinary artist, a crafty hoodwinker triumphing over the unimaginative front-office suits and bureaucrats of the studios and the censorship boards.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2013

What right had an incorrigible hoodwinker such as Mr. Asquith to advise anyone to see?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 22, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir