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Fi<>'. o.'ll. A tn/ioiii i/clcrus iiicltilirivrriis. 



The names of the ijfpiiera Ttiraodoii and D:o(h>ii nrc derived from the 

 eharaeters of the dentition. Ihe teeth forminfi' a beak, like that of a turth'. Tn 

 the Tetraodons each jaw is divided in tiic niiddh\ fonr teetli l)eing: thns prodnced : 

 in the Diodons the beak is undivided. 



Family MOLIDAE. 



MOLA Koelreuter, 1766 (aeideata=mola). 



MOLA MOLA Linnaeus (Sunfish). 



Tetraodon tnola Linn., Syst. Xat. (ed. x), IT'iS, p. 334. 



Mold aculeata Koelr., Xov. Comm. xVead. PetropoL, x, 176(5, p. 337, \)\. viii, %. 2, 3. 



Mola mola Linck., Mag. Xeues. Physik. n. Xatnrg'., Gotha, 1790, p. 37 : Jord. & 



Everm., Bull 47, U.S. Xat. Mus., ii, 1898, p. 1733 (syn.) ; Waite, Trans. 



N.Z. Inst., xlv, 1913, p. 223, pi. ix. 

 Orthragoriscus mola, Bl. & 8ehn., Syst. lehth., 1801, p. 510. 



