capensis, Aledon Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:76 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Aledon capensis Castelnau 1861 was a new combination for Pedalion capensis described by Castelnau in the same paper, then put in the new genus Aledon at the end of the article; from Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. •In the synonymy of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Heemstra 1986:908 [ref. 5660], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.