Malta country information

Common names: Mola, Pixxiluna, Pixxitambur
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4711.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mt.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Ranzania, Dwarf sunfish, Oblong sunfish, ... more

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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Molidae (Molas or Ocean Sunfishes)
Etymology: Ranzania: Because of Camillo Ranzani, 1775-1841, catholic priest and naturalist (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; profondeur 1 - 140 m (Ref. 58302). Subtropical; 71°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Cosmopolitan. Western Atlantic: Florida (USA), Martinique, Venezuela (Ref. 51183), and Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Scandinavia (Ref. 4711); Dakar, Senegambie, and Sierra Leone (Ref. 6952); South Africa. Eastern Pacific: central California, USA to Chile; rare north of Mexico (Ref. 2850). Indian Ocean: Madagascar (Ref. 33390), Mauritius (Ref. 58078), Reunion (Ref. 53568), Iran (Ref. 86583), Australia (49596). West Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559), China (Ref. 57879), Taiwan (Ref. 12711), New Zealand (Ref. 5755).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 26340)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 18; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 20. Caudal fin present in postlarvae but resorbed during metamorphosis and replaced by a clavus (Ref. 4424). Body elongated, Mouth slit vertical (Ref. 35388).

Oceanic (Ref. 2850), epipelagic (Ref. 2340), and generally solitary (Ref. 9317). Feeds on planktonic crustaceans (Ref. 4424).

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Tortonese, E., 1990. Molidae. p. 1077-1079. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6952)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.7 - 27.9, mean 23.9 (based on 1566 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02455 (0.01018 - 0.05918), b=3.02 (2.81 - 3.23), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.47 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (60 of 100).

Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)