by Tierney Thys | Aug 29, 2018 | Species and Distribution
Mola mola (Common mola) The most common and widespread of ocean sunfish in the northern hemisphere is Mola mola. These fish, like all ocean sunfishes, appear as if their bodies have been somehow truncated leaving them little more than a large head punctuated...
by Tierney Thys | Aug 29, 2018 | Collaborators and Funders
Arcadia Wildlife Preserve Inc Bali Dive Academy California Academy of Sciences Census of Marine Life Charles Darwin Research Station Conservation International Coral Triangle Center Jacksonville Garden and Zoo Kamogawa SeaWorld Lindbergh Foundation M/V Alucia and...
by Tierney Thys | Aug 27, 2018 | Welcome
The giant ocean sunfishes, family Molidae, are some of Earth’s most fascinating yet mysterious creatures. These jelly-eating giants hold the record for being the world’s heaviest bony fish and occupy a unique place in the open ocean web of life. This site is dedicated...
by Tierney Thys | Aug 26, 2018 | News
Nyegaard et al 2018 published a report on the sunfishes of the South Western Pacific and Oceania findings that Mola alexandrini, Mola tecta and Masturus lanceolatus are the dominant sunfish species in those waters—not Mola mola. Read more here Tireless mola...
by Tierney Thys | Aug 26, 2018 | News
The reduction of incidental capture of non-target species in a fishery (bycatch) is a key objective of ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) and critical to the conservation of many marine species. Read more…
