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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Synonym Source
Pedalion capensis Castelnau, 1861 synonym
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Aledon storeri Castelnau, 1861 synonym
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Published in:Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78.
Aledon capensis Castelnau, 1861 synonym
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Published in:Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78.
Orthragoriscus analis Ayres, 1859 synonym
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Published in:Ayres, W. O. (1859). [Descriptions of fishes.]. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1).</em> v. 2 (1858-1862): 25-32. [Read at meeting of 17 Oct. 1859, assume published in 1859. Accompanying figures 4-10, pp. 54-59, published in 1860.].
Orthagoriscus analis Ayres, 1859 synonym
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Published in:Ayres, W. O. (1859). [Descriptions of fishes.]. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1).</em> v. 2 (1858-1862): 25-32. [Read at meeting of 17 Oct. 1859, assume published in 1859. Accompanying figures 4-10, pp. 54-59, published in 1860.].
Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow, 1854 synonym
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Tympanomium planci Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Ozodura orsini Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Ozodura alessandrinii (Ranzani, 1839) synonym
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Orthragoriscus rondeletii Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Published in:Ranzani, C. (1839). Dispositio familiae Molarum in genera et in species. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> 3: 63-82, Pl. 6 + foldout table.
Orthagoriscus alessandrini Ranzani, 1839 synonym
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Molacanthus pallasii Swainson, 1839 synonym
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Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839) synonym
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Published in:About sunfishes along the Norwegian coast and the first record of the giant ocean sunfish Mola alexandrini. Fauna 73 81-2): 24-33.

Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Pedalion gigas Guilding, 1838 synonym
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Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828 synonym
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Mola hispida Nardo, 1827 synonym
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Mola aspera Nardo, 1827 synonym
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Cephalus ortagoriscus Risso, 1827 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Orthragus luna Rafinesque, 1810 synonym
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Published in:Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> pp. 105, 20 fold. Pl.
Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque, 1810 synonym
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Published in:Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> pp. 105, 20 fold. Pl.
Cephalus pallasianus Shaw, 1804 synonym
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Published in:Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
Cephalus brevis Shaw, 1804 synonym
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Published in:Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 synonym
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Published in:Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 synonym
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Published in:Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797 synonym
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Published in:Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-710, Pls. 1-14.
Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792 synonym
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Published in: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. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
Diodon mola Pallas, 1770 synonym
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Published in:Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.].
Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766 synonym
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Published in:Koelreuter, J.G. (1763). Piscium rariorum e Museo Petropolitano exceptorum descriptiones. Novi Comment. <em>Acad. Sci. Imp. Petropol.</em> 8:337-430. 1 pl.
Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
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Orthagoriscus mola synonym
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Common names Source
Common Sunfish
  • English
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Giant Sunfish
  • English
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Giant Sunfish
  • English
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Headfish
  • English
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Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Headfish
  • English
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Headfish
  • English
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Mola Ocean Sunfish
  • English
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Mola Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Mola Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Moonfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Moonfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Moonfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:EUNIS Biodiversity Database
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:EUNIS Biodiversity Database
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Checklist Dutch Caribbean Species Register
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Ocean Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Sun-Fish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Sun-Fish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
Sun-Fish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:EUNIS Biodiversity Database
Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Sunfish Belgium
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Belgian Species List
Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Sunfish
  • English
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Klumpfisk
  • Swedish
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Klumpfisk
  • Swedish
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:EUNIS Biodiversity Database
Solfisk
  • Swedish
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Tetraodontiformes
family
Molidae
genus
Mola
species
Mola mola
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