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WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766) Koelreuter, J.G. (1763). Piscium rariorum e Museo Petropolitano exceptorum descriptiones. Novi Comment. <em>Acad. Sci. Imp. Petropol.</em> 8:337-430. 1 pl. [details]
original description
(of Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  [request]
original description
(of Diodon mola Pallas, 1770) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 39, Pl. 4 (fig. 7) [details]
original description
(of Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 600 [details]
original description
(of Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797) Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 324 [details] 
original description
(of Aledon capensis Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description
(of Aledon storeri Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description
(of Cephalus brevis Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 437, Pl. 175 [details]
original description
(of Cephalus pallasianus Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 440 [details]
original description
(of Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 17 [details]
original description
(of Molacanthus pallasii Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description
(of Orthragoriscus analis Ayres, 1859) Ayres, W. O. (1859). [Descriptions of fishes.]. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1).</em> v. 2 (1858-1862): 25-32. [Read at meeting of 17 Oct. 1859, assume published in 1859. Accompanying figures 4-10, pp. 54-59, published in 1860.]. [details]
original description
(of Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 511 [details]
original description
(of Orthragus luna Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 17 [details]
original description
(of Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 511 [details]
original description
(of Orthagoriscus analis Ayres, 1859) Ayres, W. O. (1859). [Descriptions of fishes.]. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1).</em> v. 2 (1858-1862): 25-32. [Read at meeting of 17 Oct. 1859, assume published in 1859. Accompanying figures 4-10, pp. 54-59, published in 1860.]. [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS)
ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 334 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Unreviewed
Description It often drifts at the surface while lying on its side, or swims upright and so close to the surface that the dorsal fin projects above the water. Sometimes reaches depths of up to 300 m (Ref. 9317). Feeds on animal plankton, eel larvae, small deep-sea fishes; also on jellyfish, crustaceans, molluscs, and brittlestars (Ref. 4925). In Guiness Book of Records it was recorded as the heaviest bony fish and as the one with the most eggs (Ref. 6472). Also occasionally caught with encircling nets (Ref. 9119) and harpoon (Ref. 9988). Mola is the latin word for millstone. Utilized fresh and can be broiled (Ref. 9988). [details]
Diet Feeds on fishes, mollusks, zooplankton, jellyfish, crustaceans and brittle stars [details]
Distribution Newfoundland to Argentina [details]
Habitat Found in warm and temperate seas, often drifting on the surface. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Importance Scientific- Minor commercial, considered a delicacy in Japan, Chinese medicine [details]
Predators Bony fishes, sharks and rays [details]
Reproduction external reproduction [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Molacanthus pallasii Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aledon capensis Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications) (from synonym Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Aledon storeri Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Tympanomium planci Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Ozodura orsini Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus analis Ayres, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (249 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cephalus ortagoriscus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pedalion gigas Guilding, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Cephalus brevis Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (514 publications) (from synonym Orthagoriscus mola)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Diodon mola Pallas, 1770)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Mola aspera Nardo, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cephalus pallasianus Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mola hispida Nardo, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Orthragus luna Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mola mola)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797)
To FishBase (from synonym Aledon capensis Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Mola hispida Nardo, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Mola aspera Nardo, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon mola Pallas, 1770)
To FishBase (from synonym Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Molacanthus pallasii Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus analis Ayres, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus ortagoriscus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus pallasianus Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalus brevis Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Aledon storeri Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Ozodura orsini Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Pedalion gigas Guilding, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus rondeletti Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragus luna Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Tympanomium planci Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthagoriscus analis Ayres, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthragoriscus rondeletii Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase images (Mola mola, Indonesia, by Zuberbuhler, T.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (57521 nucleotides; 133 proteins)
To GenBank (57521 nucleotides; 133 proteins) (from synonym Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mola mola P11071 illustration)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Orthagoriscus mola)
To PESI (from synonym Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
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