Ranzania laevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Molidae
Genus: Ranzania
Species: Ranzania laevis

Name

Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)

Synonyms

Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776
Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785
Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785)
Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785)
Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785
Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792
Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Cephalus oblongu Shaw, 1804
Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804
Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810
Mola planci Nardo, 1827
Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827
Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832
Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839
Ranzania typus Nardo, 1840
Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845
Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854
Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895

References

Primary references

Pennant, T.. 1776. British zoology. 4th Edition. London. Vol. 3: Class III. Reptiles. Class IV. Fish. Benjamin White, London. 3: 1-425.

Additional references

Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald]. Part 3: [i–viii] + 1–723, Pls. 1–3. BHL Reference page.
Nardo G.D., 1840. Spora un nuovo genere di conchiglie de mare Adriatico. Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto. Reference page.
Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i–iv] 3–69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia–iva + 71–105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1–20. BHL Reference page.
Risso, A. 1827: Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. F. G. Levrault, Paris & Strasbourg. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, ... v. 3: i-xvi + 1-480, Pls. 1-16. BHL Reference page.
Traill, T.S. 1832. Description of a new species of Cephalus, which it is proposed to name Cephalus cocherani, Cochranes’s sunfish. Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. Edinburgh. 6: 381–383.
Ranzani, C. 1839. Dispositio familiae Molarum in genera et in species. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis 3: 63–82, Pl. 6 + foldout table. BHL Reference page.
Nardo, G.D. 1827. Prodromus observationum et disquisitionum Adriaticae ichthyologiae. Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10: 22–40. Reference page.
Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. Part 3. In: R.B. Hinds (ed.) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S., etc., during the years 1836–42. No. 10. 99–150, Pls. 55–64.Reference page.
Gray,J.E. 1854. Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. London. 1–196.
Jenkins, O.P. 1895. Descriptions of a new species of Ranzania from the Hawaiian islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 779–784.
Fraser-Brunner A.. 1951. The ocean sunfishes (Family Molidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool.. 1: 1-120. biostor.

Links

Ranzania laevis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schlanker Sonnenfisch
English: Slender sunfish
hrvatski: Mali bucanj
日本語: クサビフグ
português: Peixe-lua-comprido