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SpeciesTetraodontiformesMolidae
Fish

🐡Giant sunfish

Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)

A Mola ramsayi a sugarasúszójú halak (Actinopterygii) osztályának gömbhalalakúak (Tetraodontiformes) rendjébe, ezen belül a holdhalfélék (Molidae) családjába tartozó faj.

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Also called
Mola Peruano
Conservation status
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderTetraodontiformes
  4. ›familyMolidae
  5. ›genusMola
  6. ›speciesMola ramsayi
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. suborderMoloidei
  3. familyMolidae
  4. genusMola
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. orderTetraodontiformes
  11. suborderMoloidei
  12. familyMolidae
  13. genusMola
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拉氏翻車魨 (zh), Mola ramsayi (de), Mola ramsayi (es), Mola ramsayi (ca), Mola ramsayi (hu), Mola ramsayi (it) … and 14 more languages
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