Occurrence of an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) Larva in the Florida Current

Authors

D. L. Trimm, Ecology and Environment - Pensacola, Florida
J. Shenker, Florida Institute of Technology - Melbourne
Amy Hirons, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
S. Mochrie, Ecology and Environment - Lancaster, New York

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2010

Publication Title

Florida Scientist

Keywords

Ocean sunfish, Mola mola, Ichthyoplankton, Florida Straits

ISSN

0098-4590

Volume

73

Issue/No.

2

First Page

101

Last Page

104

Abstract

During a yearlong ichthyoplankton survey conducted in the Florida Current, a single ocean sunfish, Mola mola, was found from the 284 samples and 1,454 identified specimens. This sunfish larva is one of only 17 on record from the Gulf of Mexico and northwest Atlantic.

Comments

©Florida Academy of Sciences. 2010

NSUWorks Citation

D. L. Trimm, J. Shenker, Amy Hirons, and S. Mochrie. 2010. Occurrence of an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) Larva in the Florida Current .Florida Scientist , (2) : 101 -104. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/774.