Planet Zoo 2 Ocean Sunfish — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Ocean Sunfish is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Aquarium habitat, accepts the Open Sea biome, carries a Grade 2 · 1m barrier requirement and is listed at 2.50 m (height). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 10 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Ocean Sunfish

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)2.50 m

Weight (M)—

BarrierGrade 2

EnclosureAquarium

BiomesOpen Sea

StatusVulnerable

Where it lives in the wild
Indian Ocean · Pacific Ocean

Ocean Sunfish at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Ocean Sunfish needs a Aquarium enclosure and accepts the Open Sea biome. The barrier requirement is Grade 2 · 1m, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Ocean Sunfish?

Ocean Sunfish shares a biome and an enclosure type with 10 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

10 of the species that accept the Open Sea biome cannot share an enclosure with the Ocean Sunfish, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Dolphinfish	Open Sea	Aquarium	Ocean Sunfish is solitary “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.”
Great Hammerhead Deluxe	Open SeaReef	Aquarium	Great Hammerhead is solitary “As opposed to some other species of hammerhead, the great hammerhead shark is a solitary animal.”
Hawksbill Turtle	EstuarineMangroveOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Humphead Wrasse	Open SeaReef	Aquarium	Ocean Sunfish is solitary “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.”
Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark	EstuarineMangroveOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark is solitary “Indo-Pacific leopard sharks are usually solitary, but may gather in large groups on occasion for reasons unknown.”
Indo-Pacific Sergeant	Open SeaReef	AquariumExhibit	Ocean Sunfish is solitary “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.”
Ocellated Eagle Ray	EstuarineOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Ocean Sunfish is solitary “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.”
Pacific Bluefin Tuna	Open Sea	Aquarium	Ocean Sunfish is solitary “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.”
Pacific Sardine	Open Sea	Aquarium	Ocean Sunfish is solitary “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.”
West Indian Manatee	EstuarineLakes & RiversMangroveOpen SeaWetlands	Aquarium	Ocean Sunfish is solitary “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

2 species share at least one biome with the Ocean Sunfish but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

African Penguin, Moon Jelly

Behaviour, size and weight

Ocean Sunfish is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Ocean sunfish are solitary animals.” On size the game lists 2.50 m (height) for the male and 2.50 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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Related

All 130 animals · Full compatibility chart for Ocean Sunfish · Aquarium animals · Aviary birds · Deluxe edition animals · System requirements