ocean sunfish, common mola (Mola mola)

Query: iconographia zoologica

Result: 142^nd of 1525

Subject:	ocean sunfish, common mola (Mola mola)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Orthagoriscus mola
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Orthagoriscus mola
New Latin name Mola mola
Common name Nederlands: Maanvis
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orthagoriscus_mola_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15500187.tif

The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. The ocean sunfish is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. Mola mola resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally.

iconographia zoologica
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