Moonfish
Mola mola
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Molidae
- Genus
- Mola
Where to Find
Found in 36 diving areas across 21 countries and 6 regions.
- Victoria, Australia - 5 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 6 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Corsica, France - 601 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1258 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 72 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 37 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 77 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 193 records
- Comino, Malta - 10 records
- Gozo, Malta - 17 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 3 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 44 records
- Azores, Portugal - 4 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 24 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 2332 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 98 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 4 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 14 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 6 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 13 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 14 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 3 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 151 records