WoRMS taxon details
Molidae Bonaparte, 1835
Genus Masturus Gill, 1884
Genus Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Ranzania Nardo, 1840
Genus Aledon Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Cephalus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766 (synonym)
Genus Diplanchias Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Molacanthus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Orthragoriscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Orthragus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Ozodura Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pedalion Guilding, 1838 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pseudomola Cadenat, 1959 accepted as Masturus Gill, 1884
Genus Trematopsis Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Tympanomium Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Ranzania Nardo, 1840
Genus Aledon Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Cephalus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766 (synonym)
Genus Diplanchias Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Molacanthus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Orthragoriscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Orthragus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Ozodura Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pedalion Guilding, 1838 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pseudomola Cadenat, 1959 accepted as Masturus Gill, 1884
Genus Trematopsis Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Tympanomium Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
marine, brackish
Not documented
Description Distribution: tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Jaws with 2 fused teeth. Each...
Description Distribution: tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Jaws with 2 fused teeth. Each side of head with 2 tiny nostrils. Dorsal and anal fins lacking spines, but provides the power for locomotion. Caudal peduncle absent. Caudal fin, when present, a pseudocaudal fin being formed by posteriorly migrated dorsal and anal fin rays. No lateral line. Swim bladder lacking. Vertebrae 16-18. Can attain over 2 m maximum length. Maximum weight 1000 kg. Fecundity can register to an estimated 300,000,000 eggs in Mola mola. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2022). FishBase. Molidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125609 on 2022-07-03
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] 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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Distribution: tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Jaws with 2 fused teeth. Each side of head with 2 tiny nostrils. Dorsal and anal fins lacking spines, but provides the power for locomotion. Caudal peduncle absent. Caudal fin, when present, a pseudocaudal fin being formed by posteriorly migrated dorsal and anal fin rays. No lateral line. Swim bladder lacking. Vertebrae 16-18. Can attain over 2 m maximum length. Maximum weight 1000 kg. Fecundity can register to an estimated 300,000,000 eggs in Mola mola. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | ocean sunfishesmolas | [details] |
| German | Mondfische | [details] |
| Japanese | マンボウ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | månefiskfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | månefiskfamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | klumpfiskar | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Molidae USNM 392796 radiograph)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Molidae USNM 392796 radiograph)
To ITIS
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| To NMNH Extant Coll... [hosted externally] | |
