List of Nominal Species of Molidae
(Molas or Ocean Sunfishes)
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Nominal Species (n = 53) Present allocation (n = 5) Ref.
Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1839 Mola alexandrini 50659
Orthragoriscus analis Ayres, 1859 Mola mola 50659
Mola aspera Nardo, 1827 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839 Ranzania laevis 50659
Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845 Ranzania laevis 50659
Cephalus brevis Shaw, 1804 Mola mola 50659
Aledon capensis Castelnau, 1861 Mola mola 4424
Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828 Mola mola 50659
Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832 Ranzania laevis 50659
Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792 Ranzania laevis 50659
Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827 Ranzania laevis 50659
Orthragoriscus eurypterus Philippi, 1892 Mola alexandrini
Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Pedalion gigas Guilding, 1838 Mola mola 50659
Mola hispida Nardo, 1827 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Mola mola 50659
Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776 Ranzania laevis 4424
Orthagoriscus lanceolatus LiƩnard, 1840 Masturus lanceolatus 50659
Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959 Masturus lanceolatus 50659
Orthragus luna Rafinesque, 1810 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow, 1854 Mola mola 50659
Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895 Ranzania laevis 50659
Diodon mola Pallas, 1770 Mola mola 50659
Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758 Mola mola 50659
Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque, 1810 Mola mola 50659
Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792 Mola mola 50659
Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804 Ranzania laevis 50659
Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Ranzania laevis 6952
Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810 Ranzania laevis 50659
Ozodura orsini Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Cephalus ortagoriscus Risso, 1827 Mola mola 50659
Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873 Masturus lanceolatus 75154
Cephalus pallasianus Shaw, 1804 Mola mola 50659
Molacanthus pallasii Swainson, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Mola planci Nardo, 1827 Ranzania laevis 50659
Tympanomium planci Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus ramsayi Giglioli, 1883 Mola alexandrini 117083
Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Orthragoriscus rondeletii Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797 Mola mola 6951
Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854 Ranzania laevis 50659
Aledon storeri Castelnau, 1861 Mola mola 50659
Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart, 2017 Mola tecta 115933
Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785 Ranzania laevis 6952
Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785 Ranzania laevis 86870
Ranzania typus Nardo, 1840 Ranzania laevis 4424
Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804 Ranzania laevis 50659
Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani, 1839 Mola mola 50659
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