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Genera in the family or subfamily Molidae: [ 20 ] records

Acanthosoma DeKay [J. E.] 1842:330 Neut. Diodon carinatus Mitchill 1828. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:110 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Aledon Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:76 Masc. Aledon storeri Castelnau 1861. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation found that of Jordan & Evermann 1898:1753 [ref. 2444]. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:110 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Centaurus Kaup [J. J.] 1855:221 Masc. Ostracion boops Richardson 1845. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Ranzania Nardo 1840 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:7 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:94 [ref. 19546], Torchio 1973:650 [ref. 6892], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania Nardo 1840. Molidae.

Cephalus Shaw [G.] 1804:437 Masc. Cephalus brevis Shaw 1804 (= Tetraodon mola Linnaeus 1758). Type by monotypy. Cephalus brevis Shaw an unneeded new name for Tetraodon mola Linnaeus. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Diplanchias Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:17 Masc. Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Masturus Gill [T. N.] 1884:425 Masc. Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker 1873. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1770 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495]). •Valid as Masturus Gill 1884 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:98 [ref. 19546], Tortonese 1973:649 [ref. 7192], Tyler 1980:391 [ref. 4477], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1348 [ref. 13677], Kan 1986 [ref. 6313], Heemstra 1986:907 [ref. 5660], Gomon et al. 1994:915 [ref. 22532], Lindberg et al. 1997:183 [ref. 23547], Hutchins 2001:3966 [ref. 26319], Santini & Tyler 2002:38 [ref. 25998], Matsuura 2003:2015 [ref. 27119], Parenti 2003:1 [ref. 27311], Yamanoue et al. 2004:269 [ref. 28362], Bray & Hoese 2006:1937 [ref. 29049], Bray 2008:859 [ref. 30620], Kottelat 2013:481 [ref. 32989], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Stewart & Struthers 2015:1746 [ref. 34300], Golani & Fricke 2018:184 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Masturus Gill 1884. Molidae.

Mola Koelreuter [I. T.] 1766:337 Fem. Mola aculeata Koelreuter 1766. Type by monotypy. Original seen. Establishment of type species possibly dates to Fraser-Brunner 1951. •Valid as Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Tortonese 1973:649 [ref. 7192], Tyler 1980:391 [ref. 4477], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1349 [ref. 13677], Heemstra 1986:908 [ref. 5660], Gomon et al. 1994:917 [ref. 22532], Lindberg et al. 1997:180 [ref. 23547], Hutchins 2001:3966 [ref. 26319], Santini & Tyler 2002:38 [ref. 25998], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:852 [ref. 25968], Matsuura 2003:2015 [ref. 27119], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Parin 2003:S36 [ref. 28536], Yamanoue et al. 2004:269 [ref. 28362], Bray & Hoese 2006:1937 [ref. 29049], Bray 2008:859 [ref. 30620], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:76 [ref. 36649], Jawad 2013:287 [ref. 32727], Thys et al. 2013:1 [ref. 32728], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:556 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Struthers 2015:1747 [ref. 34300], Pietsch & Orr 2015:72 [ref. 34694], Sawai et al. 2017:99 [ref. 35370] with Mola species A, B and C, Nyegaard et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35492], Sawai et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35699], Golani & Fricke 2018:184 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:183 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Mola Linck [H. F.] 1790:37 Fem. Tetraodon mola Linnaeus 1758. Not an original description. •In the synonymy of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Parenti 2003:2, 5 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Mola Cuvier [G.] 1797:323 Fem. Tetraodon mola Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). Perhaps not intended as an original description, the name appearing in earlier [uncited] works. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Molacanthus Swainson [W.] 1839:195, 329 Masc. Molacanthus pallasii Swainson 1839 (= Diodon mola Pallas 1770). Type by monotypy. Swainson included one species as "M. Pallasii Sw. Pall. Spec. zool. pl. 4." Swainson's pallasii is an unneeded substitute for D. mola Pallas. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Orthagoriscus Cuvier [G.] 1816:148 Masc. Tetraodon mola Linnaeus 1758. An incorrect subsequent spelling of Orthragoriscus Bloch & Schneider 1801; Bloch & Schneider cited by Cuvier but their spelling not cited. •In the synonymy of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Tortonese 1973:649 [ref. 7192], Lindberg et al. 1997:180 [ref. 23547], Parenti 2003:5 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Orthragoriscus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:510 Masc. Tetraodon mola Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. According to Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Orthragoriscus Bloch & Schneider 1801 was spelled Orthragoriascus by early authors, who regarded original as misprinted, but spelled Orthragoriscus on pp. lvii, 510, plate 97 and on p. 583. The type-species of Orthragus Rafinesque 1810 was first designated by Bory de Saint-Vincent, v. 12, 1827:503 [ref. 3853] (see Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396]); although Bory de Saint Vincent spelled the genus as Ostragus, it is clear he was referring to Rafinesque's genus. Also appeared as new (credited to Gmelin but sensu Plinius) in Billberg 1833:53 [ref. 34146]; see Kullander 2016:110 [ref. 34147]. •Objective synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Tortonese 1973:649 [ref. 7192], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Orthragus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:17 Masc. Tetraodon mola Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type first designated by Bory de Saint-Vincent, v. 12, 1827:503 [ref. 3853] (see Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396]); although Bory de Saint Vincent spelled the genus as Ostragus, it is clear he was referring to Rafinesque's genus. •Objective synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Ozodura Ranzani [C.] 1839:75, table Fem. Ozodura orsini Ranzani 1839. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Pallasia Nardo [G. D.] 1840:112 Fem. Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. Also appeared as new in Nardo 1840:190 [Atti della Prima Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani Tenuta in Pisa 1840:189-190]. Misspelled as Pallasina in Eschmeyer 1998:1271, 2054 [ref. 23416]. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:110 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Pedalion Guilding [L.] in Swainson 1838:199 Neut. Pedalion gigas Guilding 1838. Type by monotypy. Without a description but with a figure in 1838; also in Swainson 1839:195, 329 [ref. 4303]. Pedalion Swainson [= Guilding in Swainson] 1838 placed on Official Index (Opinion 326) as a junior homonym of Pedalion Dillwyn 1817. •In the synonymy of Mola Koelreuter 1766-- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:5 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Pseudomola Cadenat [J.] 1959:1115 Fem. Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat 1959. Type by monotypy. •Status uncertain -- (see Tortonese 1990:1079 [ref. 18658]). •Synonym of Masturus Gill 1884 -- (Parenti 2003:1 [ref. 27311], Kottelat 2013:481 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Masturus Gill 1884. Molidae.

Ranzania Nardo [G. D.] 1840:111 Fem. Ranzania typus Nardo 1840. Type by monotypy (also by use of typus). Also appeared as new in Nardo 1840:190 (Atti della Prima Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani Tenuta in Pisa 1840:189-190). •Valid as Ranzania Nardo 1840 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:94 [ref. 19546], Tortonese 1973:650 [ref. 7192], Tyler 1980:391 [ref. 4477], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1350 [ref. 13677], Heemstra 1986:908 [ref. 5660], Gomon et al. 1994:920 [ref. 22532], Lindberg et al. 1997:186 [ref. 23547], Hutchins 2001:3966 [ref. 26319], Santini & Tyler 2002:38 [ref. 25998], Matsuura 2003:2015 [ref. 27119], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311], Yamanoue et al. 2004:269 [ref. 28362], Bray & Hoese 2006:1938 [ref. 29049], Bray 2008:861 [ref. 30620], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:76 [ref. 36649], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Stewart & Struthers 2015:1748 [ref. 34300], Fricke et al. 2018:390 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:183 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Ranzania Nardo 1840. Molidae.

Trematopsis Ranzani [C.] 1839:74, table Fem. Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani 1839. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:110 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.

Tympanomium Ranzani [C.] 1839:74, table Neut. Tympanomium planci Ranzani 1839. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766 -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:8 [ref. 1495], Fraser-Brunner 1951:109 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Mola Koelreuter 1766. Molidae.