Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Molidae Molas or Ocean Sunfishes

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4 species (see list below)

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Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Masturus lanceolatus
[Sharptail mola]

Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.

Mola mola
[Ocean sunfish]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Mola ramsayi
[Southern sunfish]

Photo by Jawad, L.A.

Ranzania laevis
[Slender sunfish]

4 Species of Family Molidae
(Molas or Ocean Sunfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1840	Masturus lanceolatus	Sharptail mola	Circumglobal	337 TL
1758	Mola mola	Ocean sunfish	Warm and temperate zones	333 TL
1883	Mola ramsayi	Southern sunfish	Southwest Pacific	300 TL
1776	Ranzania laevis	Slender sunfish	Cosmopolitan. Western At	100 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Molidae Molas or Ocean Sunfishes(See list of species below)

Family: Molidae Molas or Ocean Sunfishes

(See list of species below)