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Hoodwinker Mola
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Hoodwinker Mola

Mola tecta

Mola tecta, also known commonly as the hoodwinker sunfish is a newly discovered sunfish species in the genus Mola belonging to the family Molidae. It is closely related to its congener, the larger and much wider known Mola mola.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 554753.