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| name = Slender sunfish |
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| binomial_authority = ([[Thomas Pennant|Pennant]], 1776) |
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The '''slender sunfish''', ''Ranzania laevis'', is a [[mola]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Molidae]], the only member of the [[genus]] '''''Ranzania''''', found globally in tropical and temperate seas. Its length is up to 1 [[metre|m]]. |
The '''slender sunfish''', ''Ranzania laevis'', is a [[mola]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Molidae]], the only member of the [[genus]] '''''Ranzania''''', found globally in tropical and temperate seas. Its length is up to 1 [[metre|m]]. |
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The slender sunfish is a smaller, more elongate version of the [[ocean sunfish]] but is otherwise very similar in appearance and habits. Their skin is smooth and thinner than other Mola species. It is uncommon. |
The slender sunfish is a smaller, more elongate version of the [[ocean sunfish]] but is otherwise very similar in appearance and habits. Their skin is smooth and thinner than other Mola species. It is uncommon. |
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Body colour is silver with dark [[dorsal fin|dorsal]] and [[anal fin]]s and a pattern of dark lines on the head and flanks. It lives near the surface and feeds on [[plankton]]ic [[crustacean]]s, which it consumes with its vertical slit mouth, with its [[jaw]]s twisted 90 degrees. |
Body colour is silver with dark [[dorsal fin|dorsal]] and [[anal fin]]s and a pattern of dark lines on the head and flanks. It lives near the surface and feeds on [[plankton]]ic [[crustacean]]s, which it consumes with its vertical slit mouth, with its [[jaw]]s twisted 90 degrees. |
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Revision as of 18:36, 5 March 2009
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| Genus: | Ranzania Nardo, 1840
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| Species: | R. laevis
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The slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis, is a mola of the family Molidae, the only member of the genus Ranzania, found globally in tropical and temperate seas. Its length is up to 1 m.
The slender sunfish is a smaller, more elongate version of the ocean sunfish but is otherwise very similar in appearance and habits. Their skin is smooth and thinner than other Mola species. It is uncommon.
Body colour is silver with dark dorsal and anal fins and a pattern of dark lines on the head and flanks. It lives near the surface and feeds on planktonic crustaceans, which it consumes with its vertical slit mouth, with its jaws twisted 90 degrees.
Gallery
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Close-up of the head of a slender sunfish -
Slender sunfish in Napili Bay, Maui, Hawaii
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ranzania laevis". FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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