| Citation | Nyegaard, M., E. Sawai, N. Gemmell, J. Gillum, N.R. Loneragan, Y. Yamanoue and A.L. Stewart, 2017, Hiding in broad daylight: molecular and morphological data reveal a new ocean sunfish species (Tetrodontiformes: Molidae) that has eluded recognition.. Zool. J. of the Linn. Soc., 1-28. |
| Ref. | 115933 Nyegaard, M., E. Sawai, N. Gemmell, J. Gillum, N.R. Loneragan, Y. Yamanoue and A.L. Stewart, 2017 |
| Page | 14;fig.1-10,12;tab.1 |
| Named Used as Valid | Mola tecta |
| Comment | |
| Locality | New Zealand, North Taranaki Bight, west coast North Island, NMNZ P.057679. |
| Distribution | 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) |
| Quote | and with occasional, but presumably rare, occurrences in the Northern Hemisphere. |