Species that contain: Mola and mola [ 56 ] records

aculeata, Mola Koelreuter [I. T.] 1766:337, Pl. 8 (figs. 2-3) [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae v. 10 (for 1764); ref. 23086] No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:113 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Bray & Hoese 2006:1937 [ref. 29049], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

alexandrini, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1834:355 [Bullettino delle Scienze Mediche v. 10; ref. 40660] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Holotype (unique): MZUB uncat. (190 cm TL) (ex PHMA uncat.). Type catalog: Britz 2022:391 [ref. 39734]. Pl. Ia mentioned but not published in original description. Also appeared as new in Ranzani 1839:75, 78-79, tab., Pl. 6 (left) [ref. 3605]. Sawai et al. 2017:[6] 147 [ref. 35699] reported MZUB uncat. (190 cm TL) as the holotype of this taxon; Britz 2022:391 [ref. 39734] rejects this specimen as the length does not match, and calculates that the holotype should have had 317.92 cm TL; this opinion was challenged by Sawai & Nyegaard 2023:572 [ref. 40659], who provided evidence that MZUB uncat. is the holotype. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). •Valid as Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1834) (often dated 1839) -- (Sawai et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35699], Carneiro et al. 2019:222 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:313 [ref. 38139], Wirtz & Biscoito 2019:2 [ref. 36989], Zajonz et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:628 [ref. 37272], Sawai et al. 2020:47 [ref. 38500], Sonoyama et al. 2020:138 [ref. 37637], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 39014], Sawai 2021:31 [ref. 38498], Sawai 2021:1 [ref. 38499], Gomes-Pereira et al. 2022:[2] 291 [ref. 40360], Heemstra 2022:482 [ref. 40308], Sawai 2022:2 [ref. 40026], Sawai & Ishikuro 2022:27 [ref. 40020], Sawai & Yamada 2022:6 [ref. 39099], Carvalho-Filho 2023:288 [ref. 40480], Insacco et al. 2023:223 [ref. 40713], Sawai 2023:34 [ref. 40902], Sawai & Nyegaard 2023:572 [ref. 40659], Sawai et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40950]). Current status: Valid as Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1834). Molidae. Distribution: Circumglobal (including Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Japan). Habitat: marine.

analis, Orthagoriscus Ayres [W. O.] 1859:31, Fig. 5 (p. 54) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 2 (1858-1862); ref. 155] Santa Barbara Channel, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): CAS (lost in 1906). •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311]). •Synonym of Mola -- (Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola. Molidae. Habitat: marine.

aspera, Mola Nardo [G. D.] 1827:26, 35 (no. 26) [Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti. (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10; ref. 3146] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. Also in Nardo 1827:col. 477 and 483 [ref. 19740] and Nardo 1827:104 [ref. 26236]. Distinguishing features are provided on p. 35 in ref. 3146. •Questionably a synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546]). •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

atkinsonii, Mola Blyth [E.] 1860:164 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Tenasserim, Myanmar. Possible syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7865 (1). •Valid as Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth 1860) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:335 [ref. 20764], Doi 1997:3 [ref. 22832] as atkinsoni, Kottelat 2013:73 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth 1860). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: India and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

badgee, Mystus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:165 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Mola Mola River at Poona [Poma] and Beema River at Seedataik, Deccan, India. No types known. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:62 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:376, Pl. 67 (fig. 2) [ref. 18868]. •Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Roberts 1992:364 [ref. 20012], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Current status: Synonym of Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

blochii, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1839:76, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] As "mari Oceano" [ocean sea]. No types known. Based on literature sources. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

brevis, Cephalus Shaw [G.] 1804:437, Pl. 175, top [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] European Sea. No types known. Unneeded new name based on previously-described species and literature sources. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:114 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

buchanani, Mola Blyth [E.] 1860:164 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Gangetic provinces. No types known. Unneeded replacement name for Cyprinus mola Hamilton 1822. •Objective synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:73 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Habitat: freshwater.

cantori, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1861:70 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 12; ref. 12601] Penang, Malaysia. Syntypes (and/or Cantor specimens): BMNH 2004.3.19.383 (right half skin), 2004.11.5.8 (1). Based on Julis mola of Cantor, not Cuvier; no description. •Synonym of Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:19 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

capensis, Pedalion Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:75 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Table Bay, South Africa. No types known. 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. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35492], Heemstra 2022:482 [ref. 40308]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

carinatus, Diodon Mitchill [S. L.] 1828:265 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 2; ref. 17780] Off Massachusetts, 38°N, 62°W, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

chitul, Leuciscus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:161 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Inderance River near Chakun, Deccan, India. No types known. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:58 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:363 [ref. 18868]. •Questionably a synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:73 [ref. 32989], Sudasinghe et al. 2019:44 [ref. 36481]). Current status: Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Habitat: freshwater.

elegans, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1839:76, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Atlantic. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311]). •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

eurypterus, Orthagoriscus Philippi [R. A.] 1892:14, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera seccion, Zoología No. 3; ref. 22759] Chañaral, Chile. No types known. On p. 15 of German edition (Philippi 1893 [ref. 14560]). •Questionably a synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:111 [ref. 19546]). •Synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883) -- (Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311]). •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nyegaard et al. 2017:14 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

fasciatus, Orthragoriscus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:511 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Mari septentrionali [northern ocean]. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:113 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

gadigarhi, Amblypharyngodon Malhotra [Y. R.] & Dutta [P. S.] 1975:154, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. v. 45 (B) (3); ref. 33270] Gadigarh, Jammu, India. Still researching; cited by Talwar & Jhingran 1991:338 [ref. 20764] as appearing in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. India, v. 45 (B) (3) but does not appear there. •Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:338 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:34 [ref. 24904] as gardigarhi, Kottelat 2013:73 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Habitat: freshwater.

ghini, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1839:75, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

gigas, Pedalion Guilding [L.] in Swainson 1838:199, Fig. 33 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] West Indies. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

goongwaree, Hypophthalmus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:163 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Mota Mola [Mula Mutha] River near Poona, Maharashtra, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:362 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:60 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:369, Pl. 64 (fig. 3) [ref. 18868]. •Valid as Eutropiichthys goongwaree (Sykes 1839) -- (Burgess 1989:98 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:601 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:224 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:132 [ref. 28762] dated 1841, Shrestha 2008:158 [ref. 29923]). •Valid with question as Proeutropiichthys goongwaree (Sykes 1939) -- (Ferraris 2007:362 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Eutropiichthys goongwaree (Sykes 1839). Ailiidae. Distribution: Nepal and India. Habitat: freshwater.

hispida, Mola Nardo [G. D.] 1827:104 [Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti. (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10; ref. 26236] Tropical seas. No types known. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Mola by Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Also appeared in Bull. Sci. Nat. Ferussac, 1828, v. 8, p. 438 [ref. 26980]. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

hispidus, Orthragoriscus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:511 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:114 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

khudree, Barbus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:159 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Mota Mola River, 8 miles east of Poona, Deccan, India. No types known. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:56 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:357 [ref. 18868]. •Valid as Tor khudree (Sykes 1839) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:132 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:303 [ref. 20764], Menon 1992:220 [ref. 20679], Easa & Shaji 1996:305 [ref. 24977], Zacharias et al. 1996:40 [ref. 25526], Jayaram 1997:53 [ref. 23452], Manimekalan 1998:437 [ref. 24989], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:154 [ref. 24759], Menon 1999:57 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:15 [ref. 27711], Silas et al. 2005:127 [ref. 28697], Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2011:228 [ref. 31585], Khare et al. 2014:[3] [ref. 33361], Hoàng et al. 2015:554 [ref. 33936], Arunachalam et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34181], Narasimhaiah et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34975], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172], Laskar et al. 2018:[8] [ref. 35834], Bleher 2018:802 [ref. 36647], Pinder et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36696], Jaafar et al. 2021:3 [ref. 38256], Johnson et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40481]). Current status: Valid as Tor khudree (Sykes 1839). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.

lanceolatus, Orthagoriscus Liénard [E.] 1840:291 [Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne (Paris) v. 3; ref. 17537] Port Louis, Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. See Parenti 2003:1 [ref. 27311] for comments on status and synonymy. Kottelat (2013) sites an inland record from Borneo, Malaysia. •Valid as Mola lanceolata (Liénard 1840) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:310 [ref. 23100], Scott in Fischer et al. 1995:1276 [ref. 22829], Pequeño 1997:84 [ref. 23536], Balart et al. 2000:156 [ref. 25095], Santini & Tyler 2002:38 [ref. 25998], Matsuura 2003:2015 [ref. 27119], Nelson et al. 2004:186 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard 1840) -- (Dor 1984:288 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1348 [ref. 13677], Kan 1986:550 [ref. 6313], Heemstra 1986:907 [ref. 5660], Tortonese 1990:1077 [ref. 18658], Gomon et al. 1994:916 [ref. 22532], Goren & Dor 1994:75 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:630 [ref. 27969], Santos et al. 1997:116 [ref. 23531], Lindberg et al. 1997:183 [ref. 23547], Arruda 1997:124 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:614 [ref. 24106], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:649 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1435 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3967 [ref. 26319], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:603 [ref. 26158], Nakabo 2002:1435 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:461, 702 [ref. 26218], Parenti 2003:1 [ref. 27311], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:111 [ref. 27192], Mundy 2005:539 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:940 [ref. 28815], Bray & Hoese 2006:1937 [ref. 29049], Bray 2008:859 [ref. 30620], Fricke et al. 2009:124 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Wirtz et al. 2013:137 [ref. 32972], Kottelat 2013:481 [ref. 32989], Stewart & Struthers 2015:1746 [ref. 34300], Pinheiro et al. 2015:36 [ref. 34324], Matsuura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3081 [ref. 34618], Katayama & Matsuura 2016:96 [ref. 34881], Nión et al. 2016:56 [ref. 35565] with author as Lienard and dated 1841, Golani & Fricke 2018:184 [ref. 36273], Babu et al. 2019:299 [ref. 39472], Carneiro et al. 2019:222 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:312 [ref. 38139], Kim et al. 2020:207 [ref. 39118], Moreno-Méndez et al. 2020:103 [ref. 37349], Psomadakis et al. 2020:628 [ref. 37272], Sawai 2020:6 [ref. 38497], Sonoyama et al. 2020:135 [ref. 37637], Sawai 2021:1 [ref. 38499], Fermon et al. 2022:305 [ref. 39448], Heemstra 2022:481 [ref. 40308], Sawai & Minemizu 2022:45 [ref. 39319], Carvalho-Filho 2023:288 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard 1840). Molidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Sea of Japan). Habitat: marine.

lassarati, Pseudomola Cadenat [J.] 1959:1115, Figs. 9-11 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 708] Off Vridi, Ivory Coast. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Mention -- (Tortonese 1990:1079 [ref. 18658]). •Synonym of Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard 1840) -- (Kan 1986:550 [ref. 6313], Parenti 2003:1 [ref. 27311], Kottelat 2013:481 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1834) -- (Sawai et al. 2017:[6] [ref. 35699]). Current status: Synonym of Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1834). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

longus, Euchiloglanis Zhou [W.], Li [X.] & Thomson [A. W.] 2011:13, Figs. 2D, 3D, 7 [Zootaxa No. 2871; ref. 31300] Mola, 24°26'54.07'N, 100°49'58.77"E, a small tributary of Chuanhe, upper Lixian-Jiang River, a tributary of the Red River, Jingdong County, Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: SWFC 200311007. Paratypes: UF 177383 (2); SWFC 200311001-06, -08-18, -23 (18), 200412001-13 (13), •Valid as Euchiloglanis longus Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011 -- (Zhang et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34477], Tran et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40051]). •Valid as Chimarrichthys longus (Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011) -- (Kottelat 2013:222 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Chimarrichthys longus (Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011). Sisoridae: Glyptosterninae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: upper Black River (Song Da) drainage, Red River basin, China. Habitat: freshwater.

luna, Orthragus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:17 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:40 [ref. 3595]. Unneeded new name for Tetrodon mola Linnaeus 1758 (Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:114 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492], Parenti 2019:103 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

lunaris, Orthragoriscus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:165 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546]). •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311]). •Synonym of Mola -- (Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola. Molidae. Habitat: marine.

macrocephalus, Rhodeus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:324 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Cavery River and in Carnatic, southern India. No types known. •Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:33 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:73 [ref. 32989], Sudasinghe et al. 2019:44 [ref. 36481]). Current status: Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Habitat: freshwater.

mola, Chetia Balon [E. K.] & Stewart [D. J.] 1983:239, Figs. 11-12 [Environmental Biology of Fishes v. 9 (nos. 3-4); ref. 8376] Luongo River above mouth of its right tributary Chamwishitu, Zambia. Holotype: ROM 29825. Paratypes: ROM 29826 (3). •Valid as Chetia mola Balon & Stewart 1983 -- (Skelton 1991:43 [ref. 20950], Bills & Weyl 2002:10 [ref. 27675]). Current status: Valid as Chetia mola Balon & Stewart 1983. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Zambian Congo River system, southern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

mola, Cyprinus Hamilton [F.] 1822:334, 392, Pl. 38 (fig. 92) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Gangetic provinces. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 203 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) -- (Shrestha 1978:34 [ref. 15970], Ataur Rahman 1989:105 [ref. 24860], Coad 1981:9 [ref. 22348], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:338 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:523 [ref. 23778], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Menon 1999:33 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:323 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:27 [ref. 25662], Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:4 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:7 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:122 [ref. 31338], Shrestha 2008:92 [ref. 29923], Ahmed et al. 2013:285 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:73 [ref. 32989], Narasimhaiah et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34975], Bleher 2018:326 [ref. 36647], Suresh et al. 2018:93 [ref. 36495], Sudasinghe et al. 2019:42 [ref. 36481], Kosygin et al. 2022:662 [ref. 40736], Shangningam & Kosygin 2022:59 [ref. 39587], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484], Çiçek et al. 2023:30 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

mola, Diodon Pallas [P. S.] 1770:39, Pl. 4 (fig. 7) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Guinea. No types known. An unneeded new name for Mola aculeata Koelreuter 1766. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Tortonese 1990:1077 [ref. 18658], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

mola, Haplochromis Trewavas [E.] 1935:84, 96 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 16 (no. 91) (art. 6); ref. 4451] Vua, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.2357. Paralectotypes: (4) BMNH 1935.6.14.2358-2359 (2), 1935.6.14.2360 (1), 1935.6.14.2361 (1), 1935.6.14.2362 (1). Lectotype selected by Eccles & Trewavas 1989:222 [ref. 13547]. •Valid as Maravichromis mola (Trewavas 1935) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:221 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:255 [ref. 20944]). •Valid as Mylochromis mola (Trewavas 1935) -- (Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:287 [ref. 28117], Konings 2016:301 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Mylochromis mola (Trewavas 1935). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

mola, Labrus Cuvier [G.] 1829:258 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality [India]. Available from footnote as, "L. mola, Nob., Russel, II, 120." •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

mola, Metynnis Eigenmann [C. H.] & Kennedy [C. H.] 1903:528 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 55; ref. 1260] Arroyo Trementina, Paraguay. Holotype: CAS 60784 [ex IU 10049]. Paratypes: FMNH 52575 (1); CAS 60784 [ex IU 10050] (1), ?CAS 70843 [ex IU 10051] (1); ?ZMB 16978-79 (1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:56 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Metynnis mola Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 -- (Zarske & Géry 1999:186 [ref. 23984], Britski et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24147], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:117 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:78 [ref. 28131], Pavanelli et al. 2009:141 [ref. 30246], Sarmiento et al. 2014:89, 187 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:15 [ref. 35117], Ota et al. 2016:11 [ref. 35002], Koerber et al. 2017:22 [ref. 35267], Ota et al. 2024:409 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Metynnis mola Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903. Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Distribution: South America: Paraguay-Paraná River basin, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. Habitat: freshwater.

mola, Tetraodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:334 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] [In M. Mediterraneo] Mediterranean Sea (including Montpellier, France; Genoa and Rome, Italy); Middleton-on-Sea, West Sussex, England, U. K., English Channel; Panzance, Cornwall, England, U. K., Northeastern Atlantic. Neotype: MZUB. Neotype designated by Sawai et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35699]. •Valid as Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:113 [ref. 19546], Alonso de Arámburu 1957:96 [ref. 41025], Tortonese 1973:649 [ref. 7192], Khan 1975:295 [ref. 39482], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:300 [ref. 9277], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1349 [ref. 13677], Heemstra 1986:908 [ref. 5660], Robins & Ray 1986:310 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:571 [ref. 25518], Matarese et al. 1989:628 [ref. 26885], Pequeño 1989:78 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:247 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:227 [ref. 14674], Tortonese 1990:1077 [ref. 18658], Gomon et al. 1994:917 [ref. 22532], Scott in Fischer et al. 1995:1277 [ref. 22830], Cervigón 1996:88 [ref. 24489], Santos et al. 1997:116 [ref. 23531], Lindberg et al. 1997:180 [ref. 23547], Carpenter et al. 1997:241 [ref. 23922], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:661 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:124 [ref. 24952], Anderson et al. 1998:29 [ref. 23611], Aguilera 1998:54 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:137 [ref. 24555], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Fricke 1999:615 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:358 [ref. 25013], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2000:401 [ref. 24427], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:649 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1435 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:3967 [ref. 26319], Kolpakov & Barabanshchikov 2001:423 [ref. 25413], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:158 [ref. 26753], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:604 [ref. 26158], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:852 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1435 [ref. 26193], Santini & Tyler 2002:38 [ref. 25998], Choi et al. 2003:461, 702 [ref. 26218], Matsuura 2003:2015 [ref. 27119], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:111 [ref. 27192], Parin 2003:S36 [ref. 28536], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:458 [ref. 28072], Nelson et al. 2004:186 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:65 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:181 [ref. 37547], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:941 [ref. 28815], Mundy 2005:539 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2005:132 [ref. 28745], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Bray & Hoese 2006:1937 [ref. 29049], Fricke 2007:27 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:118 [ref. 29533], Bray 2008:860 [ref. 30620], Fricke 2008:59 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:124 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:76 [ref. 36649], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1100 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Jawad 2013:287 [ref. 32727], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:182 [ref. 32953], Wirtz et al. 2013:137 [ref. 32972], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:556 [ref. 33547], Psomadakis et al. 2015:340 [ref. 34104], Pinheiro et al. 2015:36 [ref. 34324], Pietsch & Orr 2015:72 [ref. 34694], Matsuura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3081 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:460 [ref. 34668], Katayama & Matsuura 2016:96 [ref. 34881], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Nión et al. 2016:56 [ref. 35565], Kells et al. 2016:342 [ref. 35888], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8, 11 [ref. 35492], Sawai et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35699], Golani & Fricke 2018:184 [ref. 36273], Moritz et al. 2018:46 [ref. 37308], Artüz & Fricke 2019:561 [ref. 36612], Brown et al. 2019:183 [ref. 36444], Burton & Lea 2019:98 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:222 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36864], Eagderi et al. 2019:135 [ref. 37020], Reiner 2019:314 [ref. 38139], Wirtz & Biscoito 2019:4 [ref. 36989], Yapici 2019:14 [ref. 36891], Akyol & Tosunoğlu in Gerovasileiou et al. 2020:351 [ref. 37890], Bariche & Fricke 2020:113 [ref. 37515], Kim et al. 2020:207 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37519], Psomadakis et al. 2020:628 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:138 [ref. 37637], Bañón & Maño 2021:99 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:90 [ref. 38303], Iglésias et al. 2021:184 [ref. 38818], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:226 [ref. 39279], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:705 [ref. 38945], Sawai 2021:1 [ref. 38499], Brunken & Woltmann 2022:25 [ref. 39077], Fermon et al. 2022:305 [ref. 39448], Heemstra 2022:482 [ref. 40308], Karalić 2022:59 [ref. 40087], Simian et al. 2022:377 [ref. 40776], Carvalho-Filho 2023:288 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Sawai 2023:6 [ref. 40027]). Current status: Valid as Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Sea of Japan, Gulf of California/Mexico). Habitat: marine.

mooreh, Cobitis Sykes [W. H.] 1839:162 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan [Mota Mola River at Poona], India. No types known. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:59 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:366 [ref. 18868]. C. moreh is a misspelling. •Valid as Nemacheilus mooreh (Sykes 1839) -- (Menon 1987:145 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus moreh, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:490 [ref. 20764] as Neomacheilus moreh, Menon 1999:181 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus moreh, Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661] as moreh, Yadav 2003:17 [ref. 27711] as moreh). •Questionably a synonym of Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 1990:28 [ref. 14137]). •Valid as Acanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes 1839) -- (Kottelat 2012:50 [ref. 31992], Kottelat 2012:76 [ref. 32367]). •Valid as Acanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes 1829) but a valid subgenus Paracanthocobitis -- (Grant 2008:16 [ref. 33826]). •Valid as Paracanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes 1839) -- (Singer & Page 2015:394 [ref. 33823], Bleher 2018:194 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Paracanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes 1839). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Krishna River basin, Peninsular India. Habitat: freshwater.

nasus, Diplanchias Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:17 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:40 [ref. 3595] as Diplanchias mola. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

nummularis, Diodon Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:600 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

orsini, Ozodura Ranzani [C.] 1839:75, 80-81, table, Pl. 6 (right) [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Holotype (unique): MZUB uncat. (59.7 cm TL). Type catalog: Sawai et al. 2018:[7] 148 [ref. 35699], Britz 2022:392 [ref. 39734]. As Ozodura Ursini on Pl. 6; first reviser not researched. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492], Sawai et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35699]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

ortagoriscus, Cephalus Risso [A.] 1827:173 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

pallasianus, Cephalus Shaw [G.] 1804:440 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Tropical seas. No types known. Based on literature sources. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:114 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

pallasii, Molacanthus Swainson [W.] (ex Steller) 1839:329 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] No locality. No types known. Based on Pall. Spic. Zool. pl. 4 [not researched]. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

pellucidus, Leuciscus McClelland [J.] 1839:293, 408 [Asiatic Researches v. 19 (pt 2); ref. 2923] Ganges and Brahmaputra River, India. No types known. •Questionably the same as Amblypharyngodon microlepis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:337 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:33 [ref. 24904]). Current status: Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Habitat: freshwater.

planci, Mola Nardo [G. D.] 1827:26, 35 [Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti. (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10; ref. 3146] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. Also appeared in Nardo 1827:104 [ref. 26236] and in Nardo 1828:437 [ref. 27079]. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

planci, Tympanomium Ranzani [C.] 1839:74, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Subjectively invalid; preoccupied in Mola by Mola planci Nardo 1827. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

ramsayi, Orthragoriscus Giglioli [E. H.] 1883:315 [Nature (London) v. 28 (no. 718); ref. 19994] New South Wales, Australia. BMNH 1883.11.29.22 (stuffed skin, poor condition). •Valid as Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:111 [ref. 19546], Heemstra 1986:908 [ref. 5660], Pequeño 1989:78 [ref. 14125], Gomon et al. 1994:919 [ref. 22532], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:663 [ref. 24023], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3968 [ref. 26319], Santini & Tyler 2002:38 [ref. 25998], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:458 [ref. 28072], Bray & Hoese 2006:1937 [ref. 29049], Bray 2008:860 [ref. 30620], Thys et al. 2013:1 [ref. 32728], Larson et al. 2013:240 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:119 [ref. 36167], Stewart & Struthers 2015:1747 [ref. 34300], Nyegaard et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35492]). •Synonym of Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1834) -- (Sawai et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35699], Heemstra 2022:482 [ref. 40308]). Current status: Synonym of Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1834). Molidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

redi, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1839:75, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on literature source. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

retzii, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1839:75, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] No locality. No types known. Based on Retzius 1785:115 [ref. 18621]. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

rondeletii, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1839:75, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on a literature source. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

rotunda, Mola Cuvier [G.] 1797:324 [Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire Naturélle; ref. 1018] Mediterranean Sea (including Montpellier, France; Genoa and Rome, Italy); Middleton-on-Sea, West Sussex, England, U. K., English Channel; Panzance, Cornwall, England, U. K., northeastern Atlantic. No types known. Unneeded new name for Tetraodon mola Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:113 [ref. 19546], Tortonese 1973:649 [ref. 7192], Tortonese 1990:1077 [ref. 18658], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:358 [ref. 25013], Parenti 2003:2 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

saranensis, Amblypharyngodon Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1912:440, Pl. 39 (fig. 2) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 7 (pt. 5) (art. 35); ref. 14837] Jharai River, Saran, Bihar, India. Syntypes: ZSI F3779/1-3780/1 (2). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:104 [ref. 20743]. •Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:338 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:33 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:73 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton 1822). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Habitat: freshwater.

storeri, Aledon Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:76 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Boston Bay [and Nahant ?], Massachusetts, U.S.A. No types known. Based on Orthagoriscus mola of Storer (Boston J. Nat. Hist., 1839, v. 2, p. 515[-519] (170-173 in separate), Pl. 3 [= Pl. 8], f. 1 [ref. 4278]). Although only one specimen was illustrated, a second specimen was described in the text. The separate of Storer 1839 has pagination of 1-202; in both versions, plate numbers are given as in the text as I-III, but in the Boston J. Nat. Hist. copy, the plates themselves are numbered VI-VIII. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

tecta, Mola Nyegaard [M.], Sawai [E.], Gemmell [N.], Gillum [J.], Loneragan [N. R.], Yamanoue [Y.] & Stewart [A. L.] 2017:14, Figs. 4-6, 8-9, 12 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 182 (no. 3); ref. 35492] North Taranaki Bight, west coast North Island, New Zealand, 38°25.5'S, 174°9.0'E, depth 78 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P.057679. Paratypes: AIM, NMNZ, NMV, SAMA. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart 2017 -- (Sawai et al. 2017:[5] [ref. 35699], Love et al. 2021:227 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart 2017. Molidae. Distribution: Southern Hemisphere from Chile to Australia to South Africa, and one possible record from the North Sea; at least as far north as Kodiak Island (Alaska, U.S.A.) to Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara County (southern California, U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

willugbei, Trematopsis Ranzani [C.] 1839:74, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Ocean [Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): not found at MZUB. •Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:115 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:3 [ref. 27311], Nyegaard et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35492]). Current status: Synonym of Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

yarrelli, Bagrus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:163 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Mota Mola [Mula-Mutha River] at Poona, Deccan, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:60 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:370, Pl. 65 (fig. 1) [ref. 18868]. •Valid as Bagarius yarrelli (Sykes 1839) -- (Roberts 1989:133 [ref. 6439], Burgess 1989:133 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:623 [ref. 20764] as yarrellii, Kottelat et al. 1993:76 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:151 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:160 [ref. 22772], Kottelat 1998:105 [ref. 23436], Yang in Chen 1998:293 [ref. 23556], Ng & Rachmatika 1999:180 [ref. 23964], Chu in Chu et al. 1999:117 [ref. 24534], Tan & Ng 1999:290 [ref. 24254], Ng & Kottelat 2000:11 [ref. 25042], Kottelat 2001:54 [ref. 25482] as yarrellii, Karmakar 2000:33 [ref. 25662], Kottelat 2001:136 [ref. 25780], Roberts 2001:81 [ref. 25907], Diogo et al. 2002:101 [ref. 26412] as yarreli, Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:163 [ref. 28284], Jayaram 2006:204 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:28 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:163 [ref. 29923], Kottelat 2013:221 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:46 [ref. 33971], Zhang et al. 2016:170 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9572 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:303 [ref. 39830]). •Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:234 [ref. 24904], Ng & Kottelat 2021:140 [ref. 38128]). Current status: Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.