Galapagos Species Database
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Mola alexandrini
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Family
Molidae
Genus
Mola
Species
alexandrini
Taxon category: Accepted
Synm.: Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883), Orthagoriscus eurypterus Philippi, 1892, Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, 1839, Orthragoriscus eurypterus Philippi, 1892, Orthragoriscus ramsayi Giglioli, 1883 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Thys, T. M. Whitney, J., Hearn, A., Weng, K. C., Peñaherrera, C., Jawad, L., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Mangel, J. C. & karl, S. S. (2013) First record of the southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi, in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Marine Biodiversity Records. doi:10.1017/S1755267213000377; Vol. 6; e70; 1-4pp
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"Galapagos Species Database, Mola alexandrini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20218. Accessed 5 November 2026.