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Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska

by Tierney Thys | Jan 10, 2025 | News

Very excited to announce the most recent publication entitled Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska This paper chronicles the appearances of Mola...

New northerly limit for the sharptail mola in the northeast Atlantic: first sighting of Masturus lanceolatus in the northeast Irish Sea

by Tierney Thys | Jul 19, 2024 | News

Quigley, Phillips, Thys Read full paper. Abstract The ocean sunfishes are currently represented by five species within three genera: Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758), Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839), Mola tecta (Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue &...

First long-term trajectory of an ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) from the northwestern Mediterranean

by Tierney Thys | Jun 11, 2024 | News

From the Journal of Fish Biology, June 3, 2024 Electronic tagging was used to provide the first information on the movements of an ocean sunfish from the northwestern Mediterranean. READ...

Ocean Sunfish Symposium – February 23, 2021

by Tierney Thys | Mar 22, 2021 | News

Nothing to Sea Here: Public Told to Stop Calling Police About a Sunfish, It’s ‘FINE’

by Tierney Thys | Oct 21, 2020 | News

NBC BOSTON Oct 17 , 2020 Nothing to Sea Here: Public Told to Stop Calling Police About a Sunfish, It’s...
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  • Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska
  • New northerly limit for the sharptail mola in the northeast Atlantic: first sighting of Masturus lanceolatus in the northeast Irish Sea
  • First long-term trajectory of an ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) from the northwestern Mediterranean
  • Ocean Sunfish Symposium – February 23, 2021
  • Nothing to Sea Here: Public Told to Stop Calling Police About a Sunfish, It’s ‘FINE’
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