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Some observations on the gills of the oceanic sunfish, Mola mola

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. J. Adeney  and
G. M. Hughes
R. J. Adeney
Affiliation:
Research Unit for Comparative Animal Respiration, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG
G. M. Hughes
Affiliation:
Research Unit for Comparative Animal Respiration, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG
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The oceanic sunfish Mola mola is occasionally found close to our shores, its normal habitat being the oceans throughout the world. It is replaced by Mola ramsayi only in the South Pacific (Fraser-Brunner, 1951). Specimens which are caught around the British Isles normally come from the North Atlantic as a result of being washed inshore when the warm westerly winds are blowing during the summer.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , August 1977 , pp. 825 - 837
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1977