Ranzania laevis Pennant 1776 (slender sunfish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Alternative combination: Ostracion laevis

Belongs to Ranzania according to G. Carnevale et al. 2020

See also Matsuura 2015, Uyeno and Sakamoto 1994 and Weems 1985

Sister taxa: Ranzania grahami, Ranzania ogaii, Ranzania tenneyorum, Ranzania zappai

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ranzania laevis in the database

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