Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 305

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12713462
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scientific name	Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 333 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic

Depth range: 30-480 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A4bd / 2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: warm and temperate zones of all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known from Scandinavia to South Africa. Several human observations for Gabon: IRD 2009/2010/2011. Regularly observed around Port-Gentil and caught by industrial fishery (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Molidae
Genus	Mola

Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)

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