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Main identification features
- oval, length ~ height
- dorsal and anal finsvery high, short bases
- tail fin very short, with central point
Oval, height less than 1/2 length; very compressed; mouth tiny, a horizontal slit when closed; hump above mouth; skin thick, tough, with small denticles; dorsal and anal fins long, curved, with short bases; pectorals short, rounded; tail with prominent central point; dorsal fin ~19, anal fin ~16, pectoral fin ~9, tail fin ~19.
Grey brown above, silvery below, fins dark
Size: 332 cm.
Habitat: oceanic.
Depth: 0-670 m.
Circumglobal, tropical to warm temperate; juveniles collected between Clipperton and the Galapagos, an adult at La Paz, SW Gulf of California.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 670 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: pelagic fish larvae; pelagic jellyfish/ctenophores; Pelagic crustacea.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=25; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-111; Eastern limit=-90; Latitudinal range=27; Longitudinal range=21.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Bathypelagic.
Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 337 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Surface; Near Surface; Mid Water; Water column only;
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- Balart , E. F. , Catro-Aguirre , J. L. and Amador-Silva, E., 2000., The first eastern Pacific report of the sharptail mola, Mola lanceolata (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)., Calif. Fish & Game, 86(2):156-158.
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
- Liénard, E. ., 1840., Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre mole (Orthagoriscus, Schn.) découverte à l'île Maurice., Rev. Zool., 3:291-292.
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Acknowledgements |
I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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