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Seeking the sun in deep,dark places: mesopelagic sightings of ocean sunfishes (Molidae) |
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| Authors: | N. D. Phillips C. Harrod A. R. Gates T. M. Thys J. D. R. Houghton |
| Affiliation: | 1. School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, U.K;2. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile;3. National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K;4. California Academy of Science, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A;5. Institute of Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, U.K |
| Abstract: | Evidence is presented from publicly available remotely operated vehicle (ROV) footage that suggests deep‐water ranging in ocean sunfishes (family Molidae) is more common than typically thought, including a new maximum depth recorded for the southern sunfish Mola ramsayi. |
| Keywords: | diving behaviour foraging Mola mola remotely operated vehicle SERPENT Project |