Mar 3, 2013 · Slender Mola postlarvae (Ranzania laevis) were raised from wild eggs on copepods. The larval duration was 30 days. First aquaculture record of a Mola species. The molas (Family: Molidae) are large, unusual, epipelagic, circumtropical to circumtemperate fishes; comprising just 4 species in 3 genera.

The giant sunfish or bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini), [3] (also known as the Ramsay's sunfish, southern sunfish, southern ocean sunfish, short sunfish or bump-head sunfish in various parts of the world), [4] is a fish belonging to the family Molidae.

Australian and New Zealand scientists have, for the first time, successfully identified the tiny larva of the giant Bump-head Sunfish (Mola alexandrini).

Australian and New Zealand scientists have, for the first time, successfully identified the tiny larva of the giant Bump-head Sunfish (Mola alexandrini).

Jul 22, 2020 · Excitingly we have just genetically identified the first ever larva of the 'giant sunfish' (Mola alexandrini). These larvae are exceedingly cute but very hard to come by!

Jul 22, 2020 · Using DNA from sunfish larvae caught off the NSW coast and comparing it to sunfish larvae stored in the Australian Museum collections, scientists found it was a perfect match to the bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini) – one of the three known species of Mola.

Scientists from Australia and New Zealand have finally uncovered the early life stage of one of the largest fish on the planet, the giant bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini). Interestingly, the larva of the giant bump-head sunfish is ridiculously tiny and resembles something between a cinnamon crunch and a snowflake.

Jul 22, 2020 · Australian and New Zealand scientists have, for the first time, successfully identified the tiny larva of the giant Bump-head Sunfish (Mola alexandrini). Led by sunfish expert, Dr. Marianne ...

Jul 23, 2020 · An adult Mola alexandrini might be a monster weighing over 4,000 pounds, but its larval stage is positively squidgy.

Molas are distinguished for their distinct morphological characters which include reduced/fused caudal elements, presence of a clavus in place of the caudal fin, absence of a swim bladder and a degenerate, cartilaginous skeleton (Ref. 86435).