The locomotor system of the ocean sunfish Mola mola (L.): role of gelatinous exoskeleton, horizontal septum, muscles and tendons

Satellite tracking the world's largest jelly predator, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the Western Pacific

a National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, California 92037-1022, USA b Ocean Sunfish Tagging and Research Program, 25517 Hacienda Place Suite C, Carmel California, 93923, USA c Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA d Monterey Bay Aquarium, 866 Cannery Row, M...

Stable isotopes challenge the perception of ocean sunfish Mola mola as obligate jellyfish predators.

Evidence is provided from stable isotope analysis that aggregations of small ocean sunfish Mola mola (total length <1 m) feed broadly within coastal food webs and their classification as obligate predators of gelatinous zooplankton requires revision.

The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from Northern Oman Sea, Iran

Functional Dorsoventral Symmetry in Relation to Lift-Based Swimming in the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola

The largest (up to 2 tons) and a globally distributed teleost--the ocean sunfish Mola mola--is commonly regarded as a planktonic fish because of its unusual shape including absence of caudal fin. This common view was recently questioned because the horizontal movements of the ocean sunfish tracked by acoustic telemetry were independent of ocean currents. However, direct information regarding th...

Diel movement patterns of ocean sunfish Mola mola off southern California

Ocean sunfish Mola mola are a seasonally common inhabitant of southern Californian waters, and comprise the largest bycatch component (29% of total catch) of the California drift gillnet fishery for swordfish. We used temperature and depth-sensing acoustic transmitters to quantify the fine-scale movement patterns of ocean sunfish near Santa Catalina Island, California. Eight ocean sunfish were ...