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Mola Koelreuter, 1766

AphiaID

126233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126233)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Molidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Aledon Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted

Cephalus Shaw, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)

Diplanchias Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted

Molacanthus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

Orthagoriscus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)

Orthragoriscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted

Orthragus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted

Ozodura Ranzani, 1839 · unaccepted

Pedalion Guilding, 1838 · unaccepted

Trematopsis Ranzani, 1839 · unaccepted

Tympanomium Ranzani, 1839 · unaccepted

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Species Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839)
Species Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart, 2017
Species Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Mola aspera Nardo, 1827 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mola hispida Nardo, 1827 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mola lanceolata (Liénard, 1840) accepted as Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840)
Species Mola lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840) accepted as Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840)
Species Mola planci Nardo, 1827 accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Species Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883) accepted as Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839)
Species Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mola nasus (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Koelreuter, J.G. (1763). Piscium rariorum e Museo Petropolitano exceptorum descriptiones. Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petropol. 8:337-430. 1 pl. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Mola Koelreuter, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126233 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Koelreuter, J.G. (1763). Piscium rariorum e Museo Petropolitano exceptorum descriptiones. Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petropol. 8:337-430. 1 pl. [details]

original description (of Orthagoriscus Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]

original description (of Aledon Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. Paris. i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Cephalus 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. [details]

original description (of Diplanchias 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. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 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 [details]

original description (of Orthragoriscus 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. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]

original description (of Orthragus 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. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 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 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Koelreuter, J.G. (1763). Piscium rariorum e Museo Petropolitano exceptorum descriptiones. Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petropol. 8:337-430. 1 pl.
page(s): 337 [details]