'Common Mola Basking at Surface' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Common Mola Basking at Surface

Ocean Sunfish

3 August 2022

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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Common Mola

Mola mola
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

More Observations from Expedition Gloucester

Surveys of marine life and pelagic birds taken aboard New England whale watch boats (2021 to 2024)

22 Observations
9 Identified Species
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
Cooperative Lunge Feeding Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

More from Biodiversity Life in the Coastal Seas

The eruption of species where the water meets the land.

24 Observations
11 Identified Species
Porpoising Harbor Seal
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Spotted Eagle Ray
Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA (February 2013)
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
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