Live Coloration and Schooling Behavior of Juvenile Sharptail Mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), Off South Florida

Hegde, Shanthi; Tyler, James C.; Stearns, Walt; Bemis, Katherine E.

doi:10.1656/058.020.0402

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Live Coloration and Schooling Behavior of Juvenile Sharptail Mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), Off South Florida

2021
By Hegde, Shanthi ; Tyler, James C. ; Stearns, Walt ; ...
Source: Southeastern Naturalist, 20(4):N102-N107

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Hegde, Shanthi ; Tyler, James C. ; Stearns, Walt ; Bemis, Katherine E.

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We present the first published in-situ photographs of a juvenile Masturus lanceolatus (Sharptail Mola). The photographed individual, about 76 mm TL, was one of 13–15 Sharptail Mola observed schooling together during a blackwater SCUBA dive at night off the coast of Florida near Palm Beach on 25 February 2021. The photographed individual was metallic blue dorsally, fading to a more silver color ventrally, with dark brown spots. The school of Sharptail Mola was 3–9 m below the surface of the water over a bottom depth of 198 m. Individuals were 2–5 body lengths apart and swam rapidly using synchronous side-to-side dorsal and anal fin flexures. We compare the photographed specimen to 2 literature records of juvenile Sharptail Mola from waters off Florida.
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