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Behaviour of a sharptail mola in the Gulf of Mexico
Author(s) -
Seitz A. C.,
Weng K. C.,
Boustany A. M.,
Block B. A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02452.x
Subject(s) - biology , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , fishery , satellite , indian ocean , deep water , geology , aerospace engineering , engineering
A sharptail mola Masturus lanceolatus was tagged and released with a pop‐up satellite archival tag in the Gulf of Mexico and tracked for 61 days. The fish travelled a horizontal distance of 594 km while generally staying in water <200 m depth and >20° C. Occasionally the sharptail mola dived to depths >700 m and experienced water colder than 6° C.