AnAge entry for Mola mola
Classification (HAGRID: 04591)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Molidae
Genus: Mola
- Species
- Mola mola
- Common name
- Ocean sunfish
- Synonyms
- Tetraodon mola, Molacanthus pallasii, Orthragoriscus retzii, Diodon mola, Diodon carinatus, Mola rotunda, Mola aculeata, Orthragus luna, Ozodura orsini, Orthragoriscus lunaris, Pedalion capensis, Orthragoriscus blochii, Orthragoriscus fasciatus, Trematopsis willugbei, Orthragoriscus alexandrini, Orthragoriscus rondeletii, Orthragoriscus redi, Orthagoriscus analis, Orthragoriscus ghini, Aledon storeri, Mola hispida, Cephalus pallasianus, Cephalus ortagoriscus, Diodon nummularis, Orthragoriscus elegans, Pedalion gigas, Tympanomium planci, Cephalus brevis, Mola aspera, Orthragoriscus hispidus, Diplanchias nasus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Very little is known about the longevity of sunfishes, though given their large body size and reproductive output it is possibly they are long-lived. They can lay 300,000,000 eggs. Anecdotes suggest they can live more than 10 years in captivity, but possibly much longer [0760].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Clutch size
- 300,000,000 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 1,265,000 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
- [0760] oceansunfish.org
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173414
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- Taxonomy ID 94237
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