Mola mola Linnaeus 1758 (ocean sunfish)

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Belongs to Mola according to K. Matsuura 2015

See also Carnevale et al. 2020 and Weems 1985

Sister taxa: Mola chelonopsis, Mola pileata, Mola pileatus, Mola ramsayi, Orthagoriscus pileatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mola mola in the database

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