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Species Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart, 2017

Hoodwinker Ocean Sunfish

  • Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0AE4167C-A2FE-4E77-BD45-B0D465410988
    Type data:
     Holotype NMNZ P.057679 101.1 cm TL, North Taranaki Bight, west coast North Island, New Zealand [38°25.5′S 174°9.0′E)].
    Paratype(s) NMNZ P.001418 60.2 cm TL, off Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand [39°25′S 177°6′E]; NMNZ P.002980 64.6 cm TL, North Rona Bay, Eastbourne, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand [41°16′S 174°55′E]; NMNZ P.005890 49.9 cm TL, off Great Barrier Island, New Zealand [36°5′S 175°35′E]; NMNZ P.006126 64.8 cm TL, Oriental Bay, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand [41°17.40′S 174°47.587′E]; NMNZ P.033995 57.2 cm TL, Bay of Plenty, Opotiki Beach, New Zealand [37°45′S 177°20′E]; NMNZ P.034187 79.7 cm TL, Bay of Plenty, surf at Opotiki, New Zealand [37°45′S 177°20′E]; NMNZ P.034217 69.8 cm TL, Bay of Plenty, Opotiki Beach, New Zealand ) [37°44′S 177°20′E]; NMV A18725 90.5 cm T, Port Phillip Bay, VIC, Australia [37°52′S 144°49′E]; NMV A26565-001 78.5 cm TL, Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia [38°17.4′E 144°27.36′S]; SAMA F7542 90 cm TL, Spencer gulf, South Australia [34°47.4′S 138°28.8′E]; AIM MA29864 51.1 cm TL, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand [35°29.3'S 173°43.7’E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

South eastern Australia, confirmed from off NSW to SA, including TAS, probably circumglobal in temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere; temperate, New Zealand, South Africa


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Norfolk Island Province (21), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Oceanic province, pelagic.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
MOLIDAE 01-Sep-2020 ADDED Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)