title: Seeking the sun in deep, dark places: mesopelagic sightings of ocean sunfishes (Molidae).
abstract: Evidence is presented from publicly available remotely operated vehicle (ROV) footage that suggests deep-water ranging in ocean sunfishes (family Molidae) is more common than typically thought, including a new maximum depth recorded for the southern sunfish Mola ramsayi.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, MBC Building, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, U.K.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad de Antofagasta, Avenida Angamos 601, Antofagasta, Chile.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harrod
authors.affiliation: National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, U.K.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gates
authors.affiliation: California Academy of Science, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, 94118, U.S.A.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Thys
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, MBC Building, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, U.K.|Institute of Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, 123 Stranmillis Road, County Antrim, Belfast, BT9 5AG, U.K.
authors.forename: J D R
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Houghton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D017753:Ecosystem; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D023721:Tetraodontiformes / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Mola mola; SERPENT Project; diving behaviour; foraging; remotely operated vehicle