The biology and ecology of the ocean sunfish Mola mola: a review of current knowledge and future research perspectives

EC Pope, GC Hays, TM Thys, TK Doyle… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2010 - Springer
Relatively little is known about the biology and ecology of the world's largest (heaviest) bony
fish, the ocean sunfish Mola mola, despite its worldwide occurrence in temperate and …

A review of giants: Examining the species identities of the world's heaviest extant bony fishes (ocean sunfishes, family Molidae)

E Sawai, M Nyegaard - Journal of Fish Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The world's heaviest extant bony fish has long been considered the ocean sunfish Mola
mola (family Molidae). However, recent taxonomic research suggests the world record …

Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

JM Grady, BJ Enquist, E Dettweiler-Robinson… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Were dinosaurs ectotherms or fast-metabolizing endotherms whose activities were
unconstrained by temperature? To date, some of the strongest evidence for endothermy …

Phylogeny, taxonomy and size records of ocean sunfishes

E Sawai, M Nyegaard, Y Yamanoue - The Ocean Sunfishes, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The family Molidae (ocean sunfishes, molids) is within the order Tetraodontiformes and
includes the world's heaviest bony fish, certified in the Guinness World Records. Fishes in …

Age and growth of the European catfish (Silurus glanis) in a Turkish Reservoir and comparison with introduced populations

A Alp, C Kara, F Üçkardeş, J Carol… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The European catfish, Silurus glanis, is native to eastern Europe and western Asia
and is among the largest freshwater fish in the world. Despite its increasing economic …

The ocean sunfishes (family Molidea): Recommendations from the IUCN molidae review panel

N Phillips, M Nyegaard, E Sawai, CT Chang… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The ocean sunfishes (family Molidae) include the largest and heaviest bony fishes in the
world and species within the family are distributed from southern Chile to the Arctic Circle …

Giant jelly eaters on the line: species distribution and bycatch of three dominant sunfishes in the Southwest Pacific

M Nyegaard, N Loneragan, S Hall, J Andrew… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ocean sunfishes have a long and confusing taxonomic legacy, clouding the global
zoogeography of each species and hindering fisheries bycatch assessments. The traditional …

Diet breadth and overlap in the Family Molidae

CT Chang, JC Drazen, MA Hixon, M Nyegaard… - … Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
Marine sunfishes (also known as molids) of the Family Molidae are widely distributed from
tropical to temperate waters and are typically recognized as predators of gelatinous plankton …

Rapid physiological colouration change is a challenge - but not a hindrance - to successful photo identification of giant sunfish (Mola alexandrini, Molidae)

M Nyegaard, J Karmy, L McBride, TM Thys… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Photo ID is a common tool in ecology, but has not previously been attempted for the ocean
sunfishes (Mola spp., Molidae;'molids'). The technique, based on body patterns, could …

[PDF][PDF] Age and growth of a long-lived fish Schizothorax o'connori in the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet

BS Ma, CX **e, B Huo, XF Yang… - Zoological …, 2010 - zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw
Bao-Shan Ma, Cong-**n **e, Bin Huo, Xue-Feng Yang, and Hai-** Huang (2010) Age
and growth of a long-lived fish Schizothorax o'connori in the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet …