DNA Barcoding of Sharp Tail Sunfish Masturus lanceolatus Lienard, 1840 (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)

Prakash, Sanjeevi; Kumar, T. T. Ajith; Thangaraj, M.

doi:10.1007/s12595-015-0135-x

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“…The model prediction for sharptail mola to be found at more tropical latitudes during the boreal fall and winter, when seasonal cooling occurs in the study region, is consistent with the increased association of this species with warm waters (Seitz et al 2002, this study; Fig. 3), cooccurrence with other tropical species (Gudger 1939, Fitch 1950, King 1951, Prakash et al 2016Fig. 6), and rarity at temperate latitudes of both hemispheres (Houghton et al 2006, Nyegaard et al 2018a.…”

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Spatiotemporal segregation of ocean sunfish species (Molidae) in the eastern North Pacific

Arostegui

Braun

Woodworth-Jefcoats

et al. 2020

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Ocean sunfishes or molas (Molidae) are difficult to study as a result of their extensive movements and low densities in remote waters. In particular, little is known of the environmental niche separation and differences in the reproductive or movement ecology of molids in sympatry. We investigated spatiotemporal dynamics in the distribution of the common mola Mola mola, sharptail mola Masturus lanceolatus, and slender mola Ranzania laevis in the eastern North Pacific. We used observer data from a commercial fishery consisting of 85000+ longline sets spanning 24 yr, >50° in longitude, and >45° in latitude. Satellite altimetry analysis, species distribution modeling, and multivariate ordination revealed thermal niche separation, spatiotemporal segregation, and distinct community associations of the 3 molid species. Our quantitative findings suggest that the common mola is a more temperate species, while slender and sharptail mola are more (sub)tropical species, and that slender (and possibly also sharptail) mola undergo spawning migrations to the region around the Hawaiian Islands. In addition, we identified potential effects of fishing gear type on molid catch probability, an increasing trend in catch probability of a vulnerable species perhaps related to a shift in the distribution of fishing effort, and the possible presence in the fishery of a fourth molid species being misidentified as a congener, all of which are important conservation considerations for these enigmatic fishes.

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Spatiotemporal segregation of ocean sunfish species (Molidae) in the eastern North Pacific

Arostegui

Braun

Woodworth-Jefcoats

et al. 2020

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Moreover, in recent times there has been a massive development of fisheries and upgraded fishing vessels extended their trawling operations into deeper waters, catching more varieties of fishes in the study region [31][32][33][34][35]. The present report of the species from Andhra Pradesh coastal waters along central east coast of India would help in creating new awareness and scope for the proper documentation of data on this deficient species from the Indian waters [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47].…”

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First Record of the Ocean Sunfish, Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) from the Coastal Waters of Andhra Pradesh, India

Padmavathi

2021

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DNA Barcoding of Sharp Tail Sunfish Masturus lanceolatus Lienard, 1840 (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)

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Spatiotemporal segregation of ocean sunfish species (Molidae) in the eastern North Pacific

Spatiotemporal segregation of ocean sunfish species (Molidae) in the eastern North Pacific

First Record of the Ocean Sunfish, Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) from the Coastal Waters of Andhra Pradesh, India

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