WoRMS taxon details
Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
127406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127406)
accepted
Species
Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832 · unaccepted
Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827 · unaccepted
Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804 · unaccepted
Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804 · unaccepted
Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Mola planci Nardo, 1827 · unaccepted
Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839 · unaccepted
Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785) · unaccepted
Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845 · unaccepted
Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776 · unaccepted
Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895 · unaccepted
Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785) · unaccepted
Ranzania typus Nardo, 1840 · unaccepted
Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785 · unaccepted
Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776) Pennant, T. (1776). British zoology. <em>4th Edition. London.</em> Vol. 3: Class III. Reptiles. Class IV. Fish. Benjamin White, London. v. 3: 1-425, Pls. 1-73. [Fishes, p. 41-46, 75-409, pls. 8-73.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6521
page(s): 129, Pl. 19 [details]
page(s): 129, Pl. 19 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127406 on 2025-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 600 [details]
original description (of Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895) Jenkins, O. P. (1895). Description of a new species of Ranzania from the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5 (pt 1): 779-784, 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776) Pennant, T. (1776). British zoology. <em>4th Edition. London.</em> Vol. 3: Class III. Reptiles. Class IV. Fish. Benjamin White, London. v. 3: 1-425, Pls. 1-73. [Fishes, p. 41-46, 75-409, pls. 8-73.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6521
page(s): 129, Pl. 19 [details]
original description (of Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 439, Pl. 176 [details]
original description (of Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 439 [details]
original description (of Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839) Ranzani, C. (1839). Dispositio familiae Molarum in genera et in species. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> 3: 63-82, Pl. 6 + foldout table. [details]
original description (of Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 511, Pl. 97 [details]
original description (of Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785) Retzius, A. J. (1785). Tetrodon mola. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm.</em> v. 6 (for 1785): 115-121, Pl. 4.
page(s): 121 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 600 [details]
original description (of Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895) Jenkins, O. P. (1895). Description of a new species of Ranzania from the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5 (pt 1): 779-784, 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776) Pennant, T. (1776). British zoology. <em>4th Edition. London.</em> Vol. 3: Class III. Reptiles. Class IV. Fish. Benjamin White, London. v. 3: 1-425, Pls. 1-73. [Fishes, p. 41-46, 75-409, pls. 8-73.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6521
page(s): 129, Pl. 19 [details]
original description (of Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 439, Pl. 176 [details]
original description (of Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 439 [details]
original description (of Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839) Ranzani, C. (1839). Dispositio familiae Molarum in genera et in species. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> 3: 63-82, Pl. 6 + foldout table. [details]
original description (of Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 511, Pl. 97 [details]
original description (of Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785) Retzius, A. J. (1785). Tetrodon mola. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm.</em> v. 6 (for 1785): 115-121, Pl. 4.
page(s): 121 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional 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. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Pennant, T. (1776). British zoology. <em>4th Edition. London.</em> Vol. 3: Class III. Reptiles. Class IV. Fish. Benjamin White, London. v. 3: 1-425, Pls. 1-73. [Fishes, p. 41-46, 75-409, pls. 8-73.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6521
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional 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. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Pennant, T. (1776). British zoology. <em>4th Edition. London.</em> Vol. 3: Class III. Reptiles. Class IV. Fish. Benjamin White, London. v. 3: 1-425, Pls. 1-73. [Fishes, p. 41-46, 75-409, pls. 8-73.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6521
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku lepur | [details] |
| English | truncated sunfishslender sunfishslender mola | [details] |
| Japanese | クサビフグ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κολοβό φεγγαρόψαρο | [details] |
| Spanish | mola flaca | [details] |
| Turkish | uzun pervane baligiayi baligi | [details] |
| Welsh | pysgodyn haul main | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (88 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mola planci Nardo, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ranzania laevis)
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Mola planci Nardo, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Ranzania typus Nardo, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase images (Ranzania laevis, Iraq, by Jawad, L.A.)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ranzania laevis FIN030857 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ranzania laevis FIN030858 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ranzania makua USNM 75155 Type radiograph anterior) (from synonym Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mola planci Nardo, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ranzania laevis)
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Mola planci Nardo, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Ranzania typus Nardo, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase images (Ranzania laevis, Iraq, by Jawad, L.A.)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ranzania laevis FIN030857 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ranzania laevis FIN030858 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ranzania makua USNM 75155 Type radiograph anterior) (from synonym Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895)
To PESI
To ITIS
