Mola mola

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: Mola
Species: Mola mola

Name

Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original combination: Tetraodon mola

Synonyms

Mola aspera Nardo, 1827
Mola hispida Nardo, 1827
Cephalus ortagoriscus Risso, 1827
Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828
Pedalion gigas Guilding, 1838
Molacanthus pallasii Swainson, 1839
Tympanomium planci Ranzani, 1839
Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani, 1839
Ozodura orsini Ranzani, 1839
Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839
Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839
Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839
Orthragoriscus rondeletii Ranzani, 1839
Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839
Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, 1839
Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow, 1854
Orthagoriscus analis Ayres, 1859
Pedalion capensis Castelnau, 1861

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 334. Reference page.

Additional references

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.
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.
Mitchill, S. L. 1828. Description of an apparently new species of Diodon. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y.. 2: 264–265. 2: 264–265
Swainson, W. 1838. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, or monocardian animals. London. 1: 1–368.
Swainson, W.J. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co.: London. vol. 2: i–vi + 1–448. BHL Reference page.
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.
Gray, J.E. 1854. Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. London. 1–196.
Ayres, W.O 1859. On new fishes of the Californian coast. Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2: 25–32.
Castelnau, F.L. 1861. Mémoire sur les poissons de l’Afrique australe. Paris. 1–78.

Links

Mola mola – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Mola mola in the World Register of Marine Species
Mola mola in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

čeština: Měsíčník svítivý
Deutsch: Mondfisch
English: Ocean sunfish
فارسی: خورشید ماهی اقیانوسی
suomi: Möhkäkala
français: Môle (poisson), poisson-lune
hrvatski: Veliki bucanj
magyar: Holdhal
Ido: Molio
íslenska: Tunglfiskur
italiano: Pesce Luna
日本語: マンボウ
한국어: 개복치
lietuvių: Paprastoji mėnulžuvė
Nederlands: Klompvis
norsk: Månefisk
polski: Samogłów
português: Peixe-lua
русский: Рыба-луна
svenska: Klumpfisk
ไทย: ปลาแสงอาทิตย์, ปลาโมลา โมลา
Türkçe: Ay balığı
中文: 翻車魚

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