TY - JOUR
T1 - First record of the southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi, in the Galápagos Marine Reserve
AU - Thys, Tierney M.
AU - Whitney, Jonathan
AU - Hearn, Alex
AU - Weng, Kevin C.
AU - Peñaherrera, Cesar
AU - Jawad, L.
AU - Alfaro-Shigueto, J.
AU - Mangel, J. C.
AU - Karl, Stephen A.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Molidae
KW - Tetraodontiformes
KW - distribution expansion
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907402993&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1755267213000377
DO - 10.1017/S1755267213000377
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84907402993
SN - 1755-2672
VL - 6
JO - Marine Biodiversity Records
JF - Marine Biodiversity Records
M1 - e70
ER -
