Mola (genus)

genus of fishes

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.

Ocean sunfish basking

Species

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The genus Mola has 3 species:

References

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  1. 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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