First record of the southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi, in the Galápagos Marine Reserve

Tierney M. Thys; Jonathan Whitney; Alex Hearn; Kevin C. Weng; Cesar Peñaherrera; L. Jawad; J. Alfaro-Shigueto; J. C. Mangel; Stephen A. Karl

doi:10.1017/S1755267213000377

First record of the southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi, in the Galápagos Marine Reserve

Tierney M. Thys^*
, Jonathan Whitney
, Alex Hearn
, Kevin C. Weng
, Cesar Peñaherrera
, L. Jawad
, J. Alfaro-Shigueto
, J. C. Mangel
, Stephen A. Karl

^*Corresponding author for this work

Ocean Sunfish Research and Tagging Program
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
University of California at Davis
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Charles Darwin Foundation
Auckland War Memorial Museum
University of Exeter

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Ocean sunfish from the genus Mola, family Molidae, are the world's heaviest bony fish, reaching 2500 kg, primarily on a diet of gelatinous -Aooplankton. Three molid species are reported to occur in the Galápagos archipelago: Mola mola, Masturus lanceolatus and Ran-Aania laevis. To date, no genetic analysis of any molid has been conducted in Galápagos. In October 2011, tissue samples were obtained from nine sunfish at Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, genetically analysed and found to be Mola ramsayi - the southern sunfish. This marks the first record of M. ramsayi in Galápagos waters.

Original language	English
Article number	e70
Journal	Marine Biodiversity Records
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267213000377
State	Published - Jan 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Molidae
Tetraodontiformes
distribution expansion

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First record of the southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi, in the Galápagos Marine Reserve

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