The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from northern Oman Sea, Iran
This report provides the first record of the Mola ramsayi from the northern Oman Sea, Iranian waters. The order Tetradontiformes contain the Molidae family that is a diverse marine fish group and contains eight families, 64 genera, and 320 species. Ocean sunfish or molas belong to the family Molidae...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/37438 2023-05-15T18:24:49+02:00 The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from northern Oman Sea, Iran Yasemi, M. Nazari Bejgan, A.R. 2014 application/pdf 242-246 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37438 en eng http://www.ifro.ir 1562-2916 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37438 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/22683 18721 2018-05-15 22:16:35 22683 Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute Biology Southern ocean sunfish Mola ramsayi Oman Sea Iran article TRUE 2014 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:05:55Z This report provides the first record of the Mola ramsayi from the northern Oman Sea, Iranian waters. The order Tetradontiformes contain the Molidae family that is a diverse marine fish group and contains eight families, 64 genera, and 320 species. Ocean sunfish or molas belong to the family Molidae. These species are epipelagic in nature. The molid species are characterized in having a distinctive laterally compressed shape, two fused teeth in jaws, no spines in dorsal and anal fins, no caudal peduncle; caudal fin lost; posterior and end of body reduced to a leathery flap or pseudo-caudal (clavus). . In the present study, we record M. ramsayi for the first time from the northern Oman Sea, Iranian waters; and it is the fourth record for this species from the northern hemisphere and the third for the Oman Sea as the study area. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Southern Ocean Molid ENVELOPE(14.762,14.762,66.997,66.997) |
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This report provides the first record of the Mola ramsayi from the northern Oman Sea, Iranian waters. The order Tetradontiformes contain the Molidae family that is a diverse marine fish group and contains eight families, 64 genera, and 320 species. Ocean sunfish or molas belong to the family Molidae. These species are epipelagic in nature. The molid species are characterized in having a distinctive laterally compressed shape, two fused teeth in jaws, no spines in dorsal and anal fins, no caudal peduncle; caudal fin lost; posterior and end of body reduced to a leathery flap or pseudo-caudal (clavus). . In the present study, we record M. ramsayi for the first time from the northern Oman Sea, Iranian waters; and it is the fourth record for this species from the northern hemisphere and the third for the Oman Sea as the study area. |
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The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from northern Oman Sea, Iran |
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The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from northern Oman Sea, Iran |
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The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from northern Oman Sea, Iran |
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The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from northern Oman Sea, Iran |
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The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from northern Oman Sea, Iran |
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first record of southern ocean sunfish, mola ramsayi from northern oman sea, iran |
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http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/22683 18721 2018-05-15 22:16:35 22683 Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute |
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