Mola (fish)

Mola
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Present[1]
Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Molidae
Genus: Mola
Koelreuter, 1766
Species

Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)

Mola is a genus of the family Molidae. It includes two species, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, and the Southern Ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi.

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.