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Orthragoriscus 
AphiaID: 297312

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Molidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Mola Koelreuter, 1763
Rank Genus
Parent Molidae
Source  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Direct child
taxa
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Species Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus analis Ayres, 1859 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Species Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus eurypterus Philippi, 1892 accepted as Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)
Species Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow, 1854 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Species Orthragoriscus ramsayi Giglioli, 1883 accepted as Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)
Species Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus rondeletti Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854 accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Species Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785) accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Environment marine, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297312
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-02-21 16:46:40Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Orthragoriscus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297312 on 2013-05-19
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