Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Record is based on a photograph of a specimen caught by fishermen of Vaadhoo in Raa Atoll and on a sketch of a specimen caught by a game-fishing boat outside Fulidhoo in Vaavu Atoll (Ref. 30829).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Anderson, R.C., J.E. Randall and R.H. Kuiter, 1998
National Database:
> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Molidae (Molas or Ocean Sunfishes)
Etymology: Mola:Latin, mola, -ae = stone mill; because of the shape of this fish (Ref. 45335). More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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