Ocean sunfish - Mola mola

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name	Mola mola
Author	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank	Species
Taxonomic #	173414
Common Names	English: ocean sunfish Spanish: pez luna Spanish: mola French: môle English: Ocean Sunfish
Current Standing	valid
Taxonomic Parents	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Teleostei Superorder: Acanthopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Suborder: Moloidei Family: Molidae Genus: Mola
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)	Tetraodon mola Molacanthus pallasii Orthragoriscus retzii Diodon mola Diodon carinatus Mola rotunda Mola aculeata Orthragus luna Ozodura orsini Orthragoriscus lunaris Pedalion capensis Orthragoriscus blochii Orthragoriscus fasciatus Trematopsis willugbei Orthragoriscus alexandrini Orthragoriscus rondeletii Orthragoriscus redi Orthagoriscus analis Orthragoriscus ghini Aledon storeri Mola hispida Cephalus pallasianus Cephalus ortagoriscus Diodon nummularis Orthragoriscus elegans Pedalion gigas Tympanomium planci Cephalus brevis Mola aspera Orthragoriscus hispidus Diplanchias nasus

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ITIS TSN	173414
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)	16,500
#records (non-spatial)	1
#datasets	134
Year	1974 - 2023
Latitude	-5.34 - 64.19
Longitude	-127.67 - 54.00
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