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Common names: Tsunami fish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurrence based on a specimen caught when there was a tsunami alert in the region. About 20 individuals were caught by fishermen using a gillnet (#7 mesh size) in northern Luzon last October 2007 and some were seen stranded since December 2006 along the shoreline near Port San Vicente, Sta. Cagayan (Region II). A 90 cm specimen (already cut in two) was brought to DA-RFTC (c/o Dr. Milagros Morales) and was preserved/kept by Prof. Wilma S. Urmeneta at Cagayan State University (Aparri).
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Molidae (Molas or Ocean Sunfishes)
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Common names from other countries

Slender mola, Oblong sunfish, Tsunami fish, ... more

Main reference

Tortonese, E. 1990. (Ref. 6952)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26340)

Environment

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 1 - 140 m (Ref. 58302)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred ?; 71°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution

Cosmopolitan. Western Atlantic: Florida (USA), Martinique, Venezuela (Ref. 51183), and Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Scandinavia (Ref. 4711); Dakar, Senegambie, and Sierra Leone (Ref. 6952); South Africa. Eastern Pacific: central California, USA to Chile; rare north of Mexico (Ref. 2850). Indian Ocean: Madagascar (Ref. 33390), Mauritius (Ref. 58078), Reunion (Ref. 53568), Iran (Ref. 86583), Australia (49596). West Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559), China (Ref. 57879), Taiwan (Ref. 12711), New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20. Caudal fin present in postlarvae but resorbed during metamorphosis and replaced by a clavus (Ref. 4424). Body elongated, Mouth slit vertical (Ref. 35388).

Oceanic (Ref. 2850), epipelagic (Ref. 2340), and generally solitary (Ref. 9317). Feeds on planktonic crustaceans (Ref. 4424).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.0625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.7 ±0.47 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)