Ocean sunfish Mola mola

Classification

Molidae [family]

Mola [genus] (1)

Molidae [family]

Mola [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Bonaire
	Curaçao

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao

Distribution description	Three sightings of this species where done in the north eastern corner of Stratum South (ABC-EEC zone).

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Buurt, G. van 1979. Voorlopige lijst van pelagisch voorkomende vissoorten rond Curaçao en Bonaire. Agrinoticia, Piská 1. [link]
Geelhoed, S.C.V., Janinhoff, N., Verdaat, J.P., Bemmelen, R.S.A. van, Scheidat, M. 2014. Aerial surveys of marine mammals and other fauna around Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, November 2013. 22. Wageningen Report number C012/14.
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.