Slender sunfish

Slender sunfish
Slender sunfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Molidae
Genus: Ranzania
Nardo, 1840
Species: R. laevis
Binomial name
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.

Gallery

  • Close-up of the head of a slender sunfish

  • Slender sunfish in Napili Bay, Maui, Hawaii

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, 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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