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Molas

Molidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Molidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Molidae
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Molidae
Recognized by AnAge articles, IABIN, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Australia Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Comoros Species List, Ecuador Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Kenya Species List, Mauritius Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Seychelles Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, and United States Species List

Alternative Names

? chelonopsis Ichishima & Kimura, 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eomola Tyler & Bannikov 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Molidae
Harvest ancestor according to The Fish Database of Taiwan, Undersea Productions, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

English

molas preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Arabic

ضحميات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Месяцы-рыбы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

риби луна preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Mòlid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

翻車魨科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Bucnji preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

měsíčníkovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

maanvissen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Möhkäkalat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

German

Mondfische preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

דגי שמש preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

holdhalfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

マンボウ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Келтекбалык сымалдуулар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

개복치과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Mėnulžuvinės preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

månefiskfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

خورشیدماهیان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Samogłowowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Луны-рыбы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Loparji preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Klumpfiskar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์ปลาแสงอาทิตย์ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Місяць-риби preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Cá mặt trăng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ضحميات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

翻车鲀科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

翻車魨科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

翻車魨科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Molidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Moloidei
Molidae (this page)
Masturus
Mola
Ranzania

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Molidae (this page)
Masturus
Mola
Ranzania
Aracanidae
Balistidae
Diodontidae
Monacanthidae
Ostraciidae
Tetraodontidae
Triacanthidae
Triacanthodidae
Triodontidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Molidae (this page)
Masturus
Mola
Ranzania

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Moloidei
Molidae (this page)
Masturus
Mola
Ranzania

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Molidae (this page)
Masturus
Mola
Ranzania

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Molidae (this page)
Austromola Gregorova, Schultz, Harzhauser & Kroh 2009
Masturus Gill 1884
Mola Koelreuter 1766
Ranzania Nardo 1840
Acanthopleurus Agassiz 1844
Aracanidae
Avitoplectidae
Balistidae
Bolcabalistidae
Cretatriacanthidae
Diodontidae
Eoplectidae
Eotrigonodontidae
Indotrigonodon Jain & Sahni 1983
Marosichthys Whitely 1951
Monacanthidae
Ostraciidae
Pisdurodon Jain & Sahni 1983
Protobalistidae
Spinacanthidae
Tetraodontidae
Triacanthidae
Triacanthodidae
Trigonodontidae
Triodontidae
Zignoichthyidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Acanthopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Moloidei
Molidae (this page)
Masturus Gill 1884
Mola Koelreuter 1766
Ranzania Nardo 1840

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Molidae (this page)
Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard 1840)
Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758)
Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776)
Aracanidae
Balistidae
Diodontidae
Monacanthidae
Ostraciidae
Tetraodontidae
Triacanthodidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Euteleosteomorpha
Neoteleostei
Eurypterygia
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Eupercaria
Tetraodontiformes
Moloidei
Molidae (this page)
Masturus
Mola
Ranzania

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Molidae (this page)
Aledon
Diplanchias
Eomola
Masturus
Mola
Molacanthus
Orthragoriscus
Orthragus
Ozodura
Pseudomola
Ranzania
Trematopsis
Tympanomium
Acanthopleurus
Aracanidae
Balistidae
Balistoidei
Diodontidae
Eospinidae
Eotrigonodon
Monacanthidae
Ostraciidae
Ostracioidei
Protobalistium
Protriacanthidae
Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontoidea
Tetraodontoidei
Triacanthidae
Triacanthodidae
Triacanthodoidei
Triacanthoidei
Trigonodontoidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Tetraodontiformes
Molidae (this page)
Masturus
Masturus Gill 1884
Mola
Mola Koelreuter 1766
Ranzania
Ranzania Nardo 1840
Aracanidae
Aracanidae Hollard 1860
Balistidae
Balistidae Rafinesque 1810
Diodontidae
Diodontidae Bonaparte 1835
Molidae Bonaparte 1835
Monacanthidae
Monacanthidae Nardo 1843
Ostraciidae
Ostraciidae Rafinesque 1810
Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontidae Bonaparte 1831
Triacanthidae
Triacanthidae Bleeker 1859
Triacanthodidae
Triacanthodidae Gill 1862
Triodontidae
Triodontidae Bleeker 1859
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