Sharptail mola

Sharptail mola
	Mounted specimen at the National Museum of Natural History and Science in Lisbon
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Molidae
Genus:	Masturus; T. N. Gill, 1884
Species:	M. lanceolatus
Binomial name
	Masturus lanceolatus; (É. Liénard, 1840)
Synonyms
	List Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840; Masturus lanceolata (Liénard, 1840); Mola lanceolata (Liénard, 1840); Mola lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840); Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873; Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873); Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959 ; ;

The sharptail mola (Masturus lanceolatus) is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters. It is similar in appearance to the ocean sunfish (Genus: Mola), but can be distinguished by the projection on its clavus (pseudo-tail). Other common names include sharpfin sunfish, point-tailed sunfish, and trunkfish.

Rarely encountered, very little is known of the biology or life history of the sharptail mola. It has recently become important to commercial fisheries operating off eastern Taiwan. This species is the only member of its genus.