Molas - Family: Molidae
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Bump-head Mola - Mola alexandrini
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Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola (possible occurrence)
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Slender Mola - Ranzania laevis
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
> Suborder: Tetraodontoidei (Pufferfishes, Porcupinefishes and Molas)
> Family: Molidae (Molas)
> Genus: Mola
> Species: M. alexandrini - Bump-head Mola
> Species: M. mola - Ocean Sunfish ^
> Genus: Ranzania
> Species: R. laevis - Slender Mola
^ = possibly
* = likely
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