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Species in the genus Ranzania: [ 16 ] records

battarae, Orthragoriscus Ranzani [C.] 1839:76, table [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 3; ref. 3605] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. Based on literature source. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

boops, Ostracion Richardson [J.] 1845:52, Pl. 30 (figs. 18-21) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] South Atlantic. Holotype (unique): type lost before publication. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

cocherani, Cephalus Traill [T. S.] 1832:381, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh v. 6 (art. 15); ref. 20837] Off southern Peru, 18°S, 81°W [stomach content]. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

dimidiatus, Diodon Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:600 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality [Cornwall, England]. No types known. Based on "Oblong diodon" of Pennant. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

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.

elongatus, 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 Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Ostracion Pennant [T.] 1776:129, Pl. 19 [British zoology. 4th Edition v. 3; ref. 18528] Cornwall, England, northeastern Atlantic. No types known. •Valid as Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Tortonese 1973:650 [ref. 7192], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:301 [ref. 9277], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1350 [ref. 13677], Heemstra 1986:908 [ref. 5660], Robins & Ray 1986:310 [ref. 23100], Pequeño 1989:78 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:247 [ref. 24556], Tortonese 1990:1078 [ref. 18658], Gomon et al. 1994:920 [ref. 22532], Scott in Fischer et al. 1995:1277 [ref. 22830], Cervigón 1996:89 [ref. 24489], Santos et al. 1997:116 [ref. 23531], Lindberg et al. 1997:187 [ref. 23547], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:663 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:124 [ref. 24952], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:140 [ref. 24555], Fricke 1999:615 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:358 [ref. 25013], Randall 1999:31 [ref. 25829], Kar & Chakraborty 2000:288 [ref. 25166], Nakabo 2000:1435 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3968 [ref. 26319], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:158 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:1435 [ref. 26193], Santini & Tyler 2002:38 [ref. 25998], Matsuura 2003:2015 [ref. 27119], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:111 [ref. 27192], Dennis et al. 2004:84 [ref. 31601], Nelson et al. 2004:186 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:65 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:181 [ref. 37547], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:942 [ref. 28815], Mundy 2005:539 [ref. 28379], Bray & Hoese 2006:1938 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2007:118 [ref. 29533], Bray 2008:861 [ref. 30620], Fricke et al. 2009:124 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:76 [ref. 36649], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:182 [ref. 32953], Wirtz et al. 2013:137 [ref. 32972], Psomadakis et al. 2015:340 [ref. 34104], Stewart & Struthers 2015:1748 [ref. 34300], 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], Ali et al. 2018:347 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:390 [ref. 35805], Spier et al. 2018:19 [ref. 36103], Artüz & Fricke 2019:561 [ref. 36612], Brown et al. 2019:183 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:222 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36864], Eagderi et al. 2019:135 [ref. 37020], Yapici 2019:14 [ref. 36891], Kim et al. 2020:207 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37519], Mavrik & Bariche in Bo et al. 2020:624 [ref. 37876], Psomadakis et al. 2020:629 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:138 [ref. 37637], Walker et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37499], Bañón & Maño 2021:99 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:90 [ref. 38303], Kiparissis & Peristeraki in Santín et al. 2021:211 [ref. 38223], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:227 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:305 [ref. 39448] possible, Heemstra 2022:483 [ref. 40308], Carvalho-Filho 2023:288 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Persian Gulf, Sea of Japan, Gulf of California/Mexico). Habitat: marine.

makua, Ranzania Jenkins [O. P.] 1895:779, Pl.(frontispiece); Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5 (pt 1); ref. 18331] Mouth of Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 75155. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Lindberg et al. 1997:187 [ref. 23547], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311], Mundy 2005:539 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

oblongus, Cephalus Shaw [G.] 1804:439, Pl. 176 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] No locality. No types known. Based on literature sources. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Ranzania by Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider 1801. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

oblongus, Orthragoriscus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:511, Pl. 97 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Atlantic. No types known. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Tortonese 1973:650 [ref. 7192], Tortonese 1990:1078 [ref. 18658], Gomon et al. 1994:920 [ref. 22532], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

oblongus, 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]. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311], Parenti 2019:103 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

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.

solaris, 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. Not treated by Fraser-Brunner 1951 [ref. 19546]. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

truncatus, Tetrodon Retzius [A. J.] 1785:121 [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm v. 6 (for 1785); ref. 18621] No locality [Europe]. No types known. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Tortonese 1973:650 [ref. 7192], Tortonese 1990:1078 [ref. 18658], Gomon et al. 1994:920 [ref. 22532], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:358 [ref. 25013], Kar & Chakraborty 2000:288 [ref. 25166], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:158 [ref. 26753], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311], Golani 2005:65 [ref. 37112], Mundy 2005:539 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

typus, Ranzania Nardo [G. D.] 1840:111 [Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto, Padova v. 10; ref. 3149] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Lindberg et al. 1997:188 [ref. 23547], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311], Bray & Hoese 2006:1938 [ref. 29049]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.

varius, Cephalus Shaw [G.] 1804:439 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] No locality [Indian Ocean]. No types known. •Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776) -- (Fraser-Brunner 1951:95 [ref. 19546], Parenti 2003:4 [ref. 27311]). Current status: Synonym of Ranzania laevis (Pennant 1776). Molidae. Habitat: marine.