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	Medscape MEDLINE search: Tetraodontiformes
		Occipito-vertebral fusion in ocean sunfishes (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) and its phylogenetic implications.
		Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton of Ranzania laevis (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Molidae).
		One of the most conspicuous characters of the ocean sunfishes, family Molidae, is the punctuation of the body by a deep, abbreviated, caudal fin-like structure extending vertically between the posterior ends of the dorsal and anal fins, termed the clavus by Fraser Brunner.
	search.medscape.com /uslclient/searchMedline.do?queryText=Tetraodontiformes (877 words)

	Ocean Sunfish.org Molidae Descriptions and Life History
		Presently, three distinct species are recognized within the family Molidae including: the common mola, Mola mola Linnaeus 1758, the sharp-tailed mola, Masturus lanceolatus Lienard 1840, and the slender mola, Ranzania laevis Pennant 1776.
		It was seen as bad luck to catch and kill Ranzania for such an act would render the mackerel incapable of finding their way to the islands.
		The common name "sunfish" is used to describe the marine family, Molidae, as well as the freshwater family, Centrarchidae.
	www.oceansunfish.org /lifehistory.html (1194 words)

	Mola mola
		The molidae family are in this category of water blowing fishes, able to blow jets of water to search for food such as crustaceans and other bottom dwellers.
		Beyond this attribute of water blowing evolved the inflating mechanism, which is seen in the molidaes relative the puffer fishes but not among the molidae family itself (Wainwright and Turingan 1997), suggesting divergent evolution between the puffers and the molas.
		The Mola mola is a cosmopolitan fish in that it is found in subtropical, tropical and even temperate oceans, much like the other members of the Molidae family (the Ranzania, and the Masturus) which are also considered cosmopolitan (Wheeler 1975).
	bss.sfsu.edu /holzman/courses/Fall00Projects/Mola.html (1833 words)

	Molas or ocean sunfishes (Molidae) - MavicaNET
		In Taiwan Family Molidae Have 3 Species - Chinese (trad.)
		Distribution: tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Jaws with 2 fused teeth.
		The Family Molidae contains these Genera: ; Masturus, Mola, ; Ranzania.
	www.mavicanet.com /directory/eng/25223.html (142 words)

	Amazon.com: Spatial, temporal, and dietary overlap of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and ocean ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Spatial, temporal, and dietary overlap of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and ocean sunfishes (family Molidae) (Paperback)
		) and ocean sunfishes (family Molidae), as well as analyses of their prey, support the hypothesis that they may occupy similar ecological niches.
		This study examined the spatial and temporal occurrences of sunfishes (
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=Molidae&tag=ecomplex (465 words)

	Aquarium of the Pacific-Animal Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is featured in Whales: A Journey with Giants, a large-scale multimedia presentation.
		The three species in the family Molidae are all able to blow a strong jet of water from the mouth.
		This ability is used mostly when bottom feeding to clear debris from the invertebrates that make up a part of the mola’s diet.
	www.aquariumofpacific.org /ANIMAL_DATABASE/ADBindex.asp?id=161&cat=ad (78 words)

	Spatial, temporal, and dietary overlap of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and ocean sunfishes (family ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Spatial, temporal, and dietary overlap of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and ocean sunfishes (family Molidae)
		Investigation of the spatio-temporal movements of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and ocean sunfishes (family Molidae), as well as analyses of their prey, support the hypothesis that they may occupy similar ecological niches.
		This study examined the spatial and temporal occurrences of sunfishes (Mola mola and Masturus lanceolatus) and leatherbacks in the western Atlantic Ocean and assessed dietary overlap.
	digitalcommons.fau.edu /dissertations/AAI1425578 (198 words)

	Mantat Oceanic Sunfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		While the Molidae may appear primitive they are in fact relative latecomers to the fish kingdom.
		In fact Molas are thought to be one of the most derived fish groups in the sea.
		The Ocean Sunfish belongs to the family Molidae and is one of the four species recorded form NSW waters and the world.
	www.bidp-balidiving.com /eng/mantat-oceanic-sunfish (1409 words)

	sunfish - Wiktionary
		Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
		Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
		This page was last modified 02:19, 19 August 2006.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/sunfish (53 words)

	Strange tail of the sunfish - Natural History Museum
		The sunfish's tail evolved, not from an adaptation of the tail or caudal fin, but when the dorsal and anal fins merged.
		Ocean sunfishes belong to the family Molidae and are amongst the largest of all bony fishes, with up to 1.5 tonnes in weight and 3 metres in length.
		Instead of a tail fin they have a rudder-like structure called the clavus.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /about-us/news/2006/feb/news_7758.html (439 words)

	Sunfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sunfish belong to the same group of fish as the pufferfish (Molidae).
		Members of this group have small mouths with beak-like teeth.
		Tail fin reduced to a stiff, frill-like membrane Dorsal and anal fins form long 'paddles'
	www20.brinkster.com /wicklowsac/AspFiles/FishDetails.asp?Type=Sunfish (215 words)

	lecture20
		Name refers to common pattern of four teeth (formed from fusion of ancient teeth)
		High degree of fusion and loss of bones in head and body; reduction in vertebrae, hyomandibular firmly attached to skull, maxilla and premaxilla fused
		Feed on molluscs, sponges, sea-urchins, corals and jellyfishes (Molidae) -- usually unavailable to other fishes.
	biology.unm.edu /biology/fishes/people/lectures/lecture20.htm (438 words)

	Molidae - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com
		We found no French translation for 'Molidae' in our English to French Dictionary.
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	www.wordreference.com /enfr/Molidae (57 words)

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