Mola alexandrini

Mola alexandrini, adult

Mola alexandrini, juvenile

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 alexandrini

Name

Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839)

Type locality: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea).

Holotype: (unique): MZUB uncat. (190 cm TL) (ex PHMA uncat.). Type catalog: Britz 2022:391

Synonymy

• Mola group A
• Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1839 (Original combination)
• Orthragoriscus eurypterus Philippi 1892
• Orthragoriscus ramsayi Giglioli, 1883
• Mola ramsayi Giglioli, 1883

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Giglioli, E.H. 1883. Zoology at the Fisheries Exhibition. II.—Notes on the Vertebrata. Nature 28: 313–316. DOI: 10.1038/028313a0 Reference page. 
• Philippi, R.A. 1892. Algunos peces de Chile. Las rayas, Callorrhynchus i Orthagoriscus Chilenos. Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera seccion, Zoología. No. 3: 1 + 1–16 + 1, Pls. 1–6. Reference page. 
• Britz, R. 2022. Comments on the holotype of Orthragoriscus alexandrini, Ranzani 1839 (Teleostei: Molidae). Zootaxa 5195(4): 391–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.4.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Mola ramsayi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: bumphead sunfish
日本語: ウシマンボウ
한국어: 혹개복치
português: Peixe-lua-do-sul
中文: 拉氏翻車魨