WoRMS taxon details
Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840)
127404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127404)
accepted
Species
Masturus lanceolata (Liénard, 1840) · unaccepted
Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873) · unaccepted
Mola lanceolata (Liénard, 1840) · unaccepted
Mola lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840) · unaccepted
Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840 · unaccepted
Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873 · unaccepted
Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840) Liénard, E. (1840). Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre mole (Orthagoriscus, Schn.) découverte à l'île Maurice. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne (Paris).</em> v. 3: 291-292. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southeastern Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southeastern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127404 on 2025-02-09
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original description
(of Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840) Liénard, E. (1840). Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre mole (Orthagoriscus, Schn.) découverte à l'île Maurice. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne (Paris).</em> v. 3: 291-292. [details]
original description (of Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873) Bleeker, P. (1873). Description et figure d'une espèce insulindienne d'Orthagoriscus. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 7: 151-153, Pl.
page(s): 151, Pl. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moreno-Mendez, A.; Campos-León, S. V.; Bearez, P. (2020). First record of a stranded specimen of the sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), from the central coast of Peru. <em>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria.</em> 50(1): 103-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02762 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873) Bleeker, P. (1873). Description et figure d'une espèce insulindienne d'Orthagoriscus. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 7: 151-153, Pl.
page(s): 151, Pl. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moreno-Mendez, A.; Campos-León, S. V.; Bearez, P. (2020). First record of a stranded specimen of the sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), from the central coast of Peru. <em>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria.</em> 50(1): 103-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02762 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]





Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southeastern Brazil [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Language | Name | |
---|---|---|
English | sharptail sunfishsharptail mola | [details] |
Japanese | ヤリマンボウトンガリヤリマンボウ [from synonym] | [details] |
Spanish | mola coliaguda [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mola lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Mola lanceolata (Liénard, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Masturus lanceolatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Mola lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Masturus lanceolata (Liénard, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Mola lanceolata (Liénard, 1840))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840)
To FishBase images (Masturus lanceolatus, Chinese Taipei, by The Fish Database of Taiwan)
To GenBank (102 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To GenBank (102 nucleotides; 46 proteins) (from synonym Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Masturus lanceolatus USNM 431645 lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mola lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Mola lanceolata (Liénard, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Masturus lanceolatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Mola lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Masturus lanceolata (Liénard, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Mola lanceolata (Liénard, 1840))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudomola lassarati Cadenat, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Masturus oxyuropterus (Bleeker, 1873))
To FishBase (from synonym Orthagoriscus oxyuropterus Bleeker, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840)
To FishBase images (Masturus lanceolatus, Chinese Taipei, by The Fish Database of Taiwan)
To GenBank (102 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To GenBank (102 nucleotides; 46 proteins) (from synonym Orthagoriscus lanceolatus Liénard, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Masturus lanceolatus USNM 431645 lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS