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Mola alexandrini Ramsay's Ocean Sunfish, Ramsay's Sunfish, Short Ocean Sunfish, Short Sunfish, Southern Ocean Sunfish, Southern Sunfish

Mola alexandrini is commonly referred to as Ramsay's Ocean Sunfish, Ramsay's Sunfish, Short Ocean Sunfish, Short Sunfish, Southern Ocean Sunfish, Southern Sunfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Marianne Nyegaard, Murdoch University, Perth, Australien

Foto: Nusa ,südöstlich von Bali, Indonesien

In der Putzerstation mit Imperator-Kaiserfischen (Pomacanthus imperator)
Courtesy of the author Dr. Marianne Nyegaard, Murdoch University, Perth, Australien . Please visit www.researchgate.net for more information.

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lexID:
11994 
AphiaID:
1329867 
Scientific:
Mola alexandrini 
German:
Mondfisch 
English:
Ramsay's Ocean Sunfish, Ramsay's Sunfish, Short Ocean Sunfish, Short Sunfish, Southern Ocean Sunfish, Southern Sunfish 
Category:
Kulefisk  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Molidae (Family) > Mola (Genus) > alexandrini (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ranzani, ), 1839 
Occurrence:
Zirkumsubtropisch, East Coast Australia, Australia, Bali, Chile, Circumglobal, Circumtropic, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indonesia, Japan, Lombok, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, South-Africa, Taiwan, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
1 - 300 Meter 
Size:
up to 118.11" (300 cm) 
Weight:
2.3 Tonnen 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 82.4 °F (13°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Jellyfish, Siphonophores, Thaliacea 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-09-09 22:47:21 

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Vers special thanks for the first two photos of Mola alexandrini to Dr. Marianne Nyegaard, Perth, Western Australia.
Dr. Nyegaard is the lead author of the first description of the southern sunfish, Mola alexandrini:

"Redescription of the bump-head sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), with designation of a neotype for Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-017-0603-6

Synonym: Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Mola ramsayi: the Short Sunfish from Nusa Penida, Indonesia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Port Phillip, Victoria, Australien
Foto: Nusa ,südöstlich von Bali, Indonesien

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