Masturus lanceolatus

Author
Liénard, 1840
Common Names
  • Sharptail Mola
  • Sharpfin Sunfish
  • Sharptail Sunfish
  • Sharptailed Sunfish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
5 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide. Cape Cod to Gulf of Mexico
Habitat-Biology
  • outer continental shelf
  • oceanic surface and epipelagic
References

  • Boschung, H. T. 1992. Catalog of Freshwater and Marine Fishes of Alabama. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 266 pp.

  • Matsuura, K. 2002e. Molidae. Pp. 2014–2015 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-11-2024.

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