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Seasonal, Thermal, and Zonal Distribution of Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola (Linnaeus), off the North Carolina Coast

Record #:
30062
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Abstract:
This study examined the distribution of ocean sunfish (Mola mola). More than sixty encounters with the ocean sunfish in North Carolina’s offshore waters reveal that this fish is an epipelagic migrant, occurring in shallow water commonly in the spring.
Source:
Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 12, Sept 1986, p75-84, il, map, bibl