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The '''slender sunfish''' (''Ranzania laevis'') is a [[mola (fish)|mola]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Molidae]], the [[Monotypic taxon|only member]] of the [[genus]] ''Ranzania'',<ref name=Matsuura2014>Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.''</ref> found globally in [[tropical]] and [[temperate]] seas. Its length is up to 1 m (3.3 ft). Several [[Cetacean stranding|stranding]] and mass stranding events have been discovered on beaches near Albany, Western Australia.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/70424128|title = A Marine Rarity. Shoal of Stranded Sunfish.|last = |first = |date = 1928|work = |newspaper = The West Australian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/70424128|title = Albany Sunfish. Rare Fish Found Locally.|last = |first = |date = 1941|work = |newspaper = Albany Advertiser}}</ref> |
The '''slender sunfish''' (''Ranzania laevis'') is a [[mola (fish)|mola]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Molidae]], the [[Monotypic taxon|only member]] of the [[genus]] ''Ranzania'',<ref name=Matsuura2014>Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.''</ref> found globally in [[tropical]] and [[temperate]] seas. Its length is up to 1 m (3.3 ft). Several [[Cetacean stranding|stranding]] and mass stranding events have been discovered on beaches near [[Albany, Western Australia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/70424128|title = A Marine Rarity. Shoal of Stranded Sunfish.|last = |first = |date = 1928|work = |newspaper = The West Australian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/70424128|title = Albany Sunfish. Rare Fish Found Locally.|last = |first = |date = 1941|work = |newspaper = Albany Advertiser}}</ref> |
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| Genus: | Ranzania Nardo, 1840
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The slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis) is a mola of the family Molidae, the only member of the genus Ranzania,[1] found globally in tropical and temperate seas. Its length is up to 1 m (3.3 ft). Several stranding and mass stranding events have been discovered on beaches near Albany, Western Australia.[2][3]
Gallery
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Close-up of the head of a slender sunfish -
Slender sunfish in Napili Bay, Maui, Hawaii
References
- ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
- ^ "A Marine Rarity. Shoal of Stranded Sunfish". The West Australian. 1928.
- ^ "Albany Sunfish. Rare Fish Found Locally". Albany Advertiser. 1941.
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