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The slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis) is a mola of the family Molidae, the only extant member of the genus Ranzania, [2] found globally in tropical and temperate seas. Its length is up to 1 m (3.3 ft). Several stranding and mass stranding events have occurred on beaches near Albany, Western Australia. [3] [4]
A sunfish, also called a mola, is any fish in the genus Mola (family Molidae). The fish develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin, which is present at birth, never grows. The fish develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin, which is present at birth, never grows.
They are also the largest of the ray-finned bony fish, with the southern sunfish, Mola alexandrini, recorded at 4.6 m (15 ft) in length [3] and 2,744 kg (6,049 lb) in weight. The family name comes from the ocean sunfish 's scientific name Mola mola , both its genus name and epithet come from the Latin word mola for " millstone " because of its ...
A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon's northern coast, drawing crowds of curious onlookers intrigued by the unusual sight.
A giant species of fish that was first discovered seven years ago washed ashore in Oregon last week, according to marine biologists who study the animal.
After the photos and uniforms went up, the fish "felt better" the following day and was seen "waving its fins" in the tank, the aquarium said in its X post. The post has been met with an ...
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Ranzania laevis, the slender sunfish, the only extant species in the fish genus Ranzania (plant) , a genus of plants in the family Berberidaceae The genus Ranzania Bertoloni, 1855 (in the beetle family Scarabaeidae) is now called Rhamphorrhina Klug, 1855 .