Mola alexandrini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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

Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1834)

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

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.

Giglioli, E.H. 1883. Zoology at the Fisheries Exhibition. II.—Notes on the Vertebrata. Nature 28: 313–316. DOI: 10.1038/028313a0 Reference page.
Cadenat, J. 1959. Notes d'ichthyologie ouest-africaine - XXIV. Molidae ouest-africains avec description d'une espèce nouvelle: Pseudomola lassarati de la Côte d'Ivoire. Bull. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire (A), 21(3): 1112–1122. 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.
Sawai, E., Yamanoue, Y., Nyegaard, M. & Sakai, Y. 2017. Redescription of the bump-head sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), with designation of a neotype for Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)". Ichthyological Research. 65: 142–160. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-017-0603-6.
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.
Sawai, E. & Nyegaard, M. (2023). Response to Britz (2022) regarding the validity of the giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1834) (Teleostei: Molidae). Zootaxa. 5383(4): 561–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.4.7