sharptail mola

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Noun1.sharptail mola - caudal fin has a central projectionsharptail mola - caudal fin has a central projection
Mola lanceolata
headfish, mola, ocean sunfish, sunfish - among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
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Grove, "First records of golden trevally (Gnathodon species, Carangidae), sharptail mola (Masturus lanceolatus, Molidae) and evice for white shark (Carcharodon carcharias, Lamnidae) in the Galapagos Islands," Marine Biodiversity Records, vol.
Block, "Behaviour of a sharptail mola in the Gulf of Mexico," Journal ofFish Biology, vol.
Satellite Tracking and Site Fidelity of Short Ocean Sunfish, Mola ramsayi, in the Galapagos Islands
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