Mola (genus)

Ocean sunfish basking

Mola is a genus of sunfish in the family Molidae. These giants usually feed on jellyfish. The type species of this genus is the massive ocean sunfish. When there are parasites, molas will breach to knock them off.

Species

The genus Mola has 3 species:

Mola mola Linnaeus, 1758 (Ocean sunfish)
Mola alexandrini Giglioli, 1883 (Giant sunfish)
Mola tecta Nyegaard et al., 2017 (Hoodwinker sunfish)

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07.

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