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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Molidae Molas or Ocean Sunfishes

Genus: Mola

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2 species (see list below)

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Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.

Warm and temperate zones
Max. Length 333 cm TL
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.
 
Mola mola
[Ocean sunfish]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 300 cm TL
Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)

Photo by Reyes, P.
 
Mola ramsayi
[Southern sunfish]
2 Species of Family Molidae with Genus Mola
(Molas or Ocean Sunfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1758 Mola mola Ocean sunfish Warm and temperate zones 333 TL
1883 Mola ramsayi Southern sunfish Southwest Pacific 300 TL



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