Mola tecta, the hoodwinker sunfish, [1] belongs to the family Molidae and genus Mola. It is closely related to the more widely known ocean sunfish (Mola mola). The Latin word "tecta" means hidden.

2021年2月2日 · But now, researchers are identifying a number of these fish as Mola tecta, or hoodwinker sunfish, a species previously thought only to exist in the Southern Hemisphere. They're finding them as...

Mola tecta is the first new sunfish species described in over 130 years (see Nyegaard et al. 2018). They are known to reside in the southern hemisphere, with most records from South America, South Africa, Australasian waters and New Zealand.

The enigmatic hoodwinker sunfish, Mola tecta, has long perplexed marine biologists with its cryptic breeding habits. This colossal oceanic dweller, characterized by its remarkable flat, disk-like shape, is found in the temperate and tropical waters of the Southern Hemisphere.

Mola tecta, the hoodwinker sunfish, belongs to the family Molidae and genus Mola. It is closely related to the more widely known ocean sunfish (Mola mola). The Latin word "tecta" means hidden.

Widespread in the temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere (with confirmed occurrence in the southeast of Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria), around New Zealand, off South Africa and Chilean waters) and with occasional, but presumably rare, occurrences in the Northern Hemisphere.

2024年11月11日 · The Hoodwinker Sunfish, Mola tecta, is a new species of sunfish, recently discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’ in museum collections.

2017年7月24日 · Nyegaard and her colleagues dubbed the mystery sunfish Mola tecta, from the Latin word tectus, meaning hidden. In English they call it the hoodwinker sunfish since it had been "hiding in plain...

Mola tecta, colloquially known as the hoodwinker sunfish, commands attention in the vast depths of the ocean with its colossal body size. In stark contrast to its more familiar cousin, the sea sunfish (Mola mola), this enigmatic creature remains relatively obscure to the public eye.

2017年10月1日 · DNA analysis revealed them to be the mysterious, missing species. The new sunfish earned the common name hoodwinker sunfish and the scientific name Mola tecta. (The Latin word tectus means hidden.) Unlike its cousins, the sleeker hoodwinker sunfish lacks a snout or ridges along its upper and lower sides.