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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Marine Science - Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska. | May 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Monterey Bay Aquarium - Ocean sunfish. | Nov 10, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: J-Stage - Molecular and Morphological Identification of Mola Sunfish Specimens (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) from the Indian Ocean (PDF). | Aug 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Australian Museum - Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758). | Jun 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Why does the ocean sunfish bask? | May 07, 2025 | ||
| Added descriptions the hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta) and the Mola alexandrini sunfish; revised the lengths and the geographic distribution of other species within family Molidae. | Feb 08, 2018 | ||
| Added new Web site: New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance - Common Mola - Mola mola. | Jan 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Bali Dive - Bali Mola Mola (Oceanic Sunfish). | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Goddard Space Flight Center - Molas. | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Large Pelagics Research Lab - Mola Mola Program. | Jan 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Australian Museum Online - Ocean Sunfish. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Mola mola. | Nov 14, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 23, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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