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Slender sunfish

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The slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis) is a mola of the family Molidae, the only member of the genus Ranzania,Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. [1]

15 relations: Actinopterygii, Albany, Western Australia, Animal, Cetacean stranding, Chordate, Family (biology), Genus, Giovanni Domenico Nardo, Mola (fish), Molidae, Monotypic taxon, Temperate climate, Tetraodontiformes, Thomas Pennant, Tropics.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Albany, Western Australia

Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Cetacean stranding

Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Giovanni Domenico Nardo

Giovanni Domenico Nardo (4 March 1802 – 7 April 1877) was an Italian naturalist from Venice, although he spent most of his life in Chioggia, home port of the biggest fishing flotilla of the Adriatic.

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Mola (fish)

A sunfish (or mola) is any fish in the Mola genus (family Molidae).

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Molidae

The Molidae comprise the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, unusual fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving them a "half-fish" appearance.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Temperate climate

In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.

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Tetraodontiformes

The Tetraodontiformes are an order of highly derived ray-finned fish, also called the Plectognathi.

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Thomas Pennant

Thomas Pennant (14 June OS 1726 – 16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian.

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Tropics

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Oblong Sunfish, Ranzania (fish), Ranzania laevis, Slender mola.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_sunfish

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