Mola alexandrini

Mola alexandrini, adult
Mola alexandrini, juvenile

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

Name

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

Synonymy

  • Mola group A
  • Mola sp. A
  • Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1834 (Original combination)
  • Orthagoriscus alessandrini Steenstrup & Lütken 1898:
  • Ozodura alessandrinii Steenstrup & Lütken 1898
  • Orthagoriscus alexandrinii Steenstrup & Lütken, 1898
  • Orthragoriscus eurypterus Philippi 1892
  • Orthragoriscus ramsayi Giglioli, 1883
  • Mola ramsayi Giglioli, 1883
  • Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Giglioli, E.H. 1883. Zoology at the Fisheries Exhibition. II.—Notes on the Vertebrata. Nature 28: 313–316. DOI: 10.1038/028313a0 Open access 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 Paywall 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


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
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