Slender sunfish
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| Slender sunfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Molidae |
| Genus: | Ranzania Nardo, 1840 |
| Species: | R. laevis |
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| Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776) | |
The slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis, is a mola of the family Molidae, the only member of the genus Ranzania, found globally in tropical and temperate seas. Its length is up to 1 m (3.3 ft).
Gallery
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Close-up of the head of a slender sunfish
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Slender sunfish in Napili Bay, Maui, Hawaii
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Ranzania laevis" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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