Mola (fish)

For freshwater sunfish, see Centrarchidae.

Mola
Temporal range:
Mola mola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Molidae
Genus: Mola
Linck, 1790

Molas are the type genus of the family Molidae, being marine fish that are commonly known as sunfish. The genus includes the heaviest of all living bony fishes.

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