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The earliest illustration of Sunfish, presumably Mola mola, from A) Rondelet in 1554 and B) Gesner in 1558. Considering this is from the era of terrible walruses, the fact that they’re at all recognizable is pretty amazing.
Johnson, G. & Britz, R. (2005) Leis’ Conundrum: Homology of the Clavus of the Ocean Sunfishes. 2. Ontogeny of the Median Fins and Axial Skeleton of Ranzania laevis (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Molidae). Journal of Morphology 266 11–21. -
Mola mola by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile..
Santiago de Chile :el Museo,1892-1910..
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Mola mola - the Ocean sunfish by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles,.
Strasbourg,||Paris,F. G. Levrault;||Le Normant,1816-30..
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Young fish taken at the surface in mid-ocean by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
A. Young of the Giant Sun-fish, Mola mola
B. Young of an unknown soldier-fish, Holocentrus
C. Young of an unknown Pomfret, Taracetes
The Arcturus adventure :.
New York :Putnam,1926..
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Side view of the skeleton in the head of Mola Mola - the Ocean sunfish
Posted on August 15, 2012 with 57 notes
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Top view and cross section of the cranium of Mola Mola - the Ocean sunfish
Posted on August 14, 2012 with 13 notes
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The dentition of Mola Mola - the Ocean sunfish
Posted on August 13, 2012 with 25 notes
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Skeleton of Mola Mola as Mola rotunda - the Ocean sunfish
Posted on August 11, 2012 with 667 notes
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n302_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Orthagoriscus mola as Mola mola - The Sunfish
The fishes of Great Britain and Ireland /.
Edinburgh :Williams and Norgate,1880-1884..
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The Sunfish
