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Giant Sunfish
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Tetraodontiformes »  family Molidae - molas or ocean sunfishes »  genus Mola

Scientific synonyms

Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon mola Pallas, 1770
Orthragus mola Rafinesque, 1810
Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766
Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1839
Orthagoriscus analis Ayres, 1859
Orthragoriscus analis Ayres, 1859
Mola aspera Nardo, 1827
Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839

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Other names

= Headfish
= Mola Ocean Sunfish
= Moonfish
= Ocean Sunfish

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Vulnerable VU

Images

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Author: NOAA

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Author: Dan Divín
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skeleton

Mola mola - Giant Sunfish

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [1732]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/16643]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Mola mola]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [190422]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Wikipedia Articles [Ocean_sunfish]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]
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