Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ranzania laevis
ranzania, mola flaca, Slender sunfish, truncated sunfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Family
Molidae
Genus
Ranzania
Species
laevis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832, Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827, Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804, Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804, Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792, Mola planci Nardo, 1827, Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839, Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854, Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785), Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810, Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845, Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776, Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895, Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785), Ranzania typus Nardo, 1840, Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ranzania laevis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14091. Accessed 5 November 2026.