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Response to Britz (2022) regarding the validity of the giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1834) (Teleostei: Molidae)

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  • 1. Ocean Sunfishes Information Storage Museum, Nara, Japan. & Sea and Life Museum, 8-1 Hanamachi, Sakaiminato City, Tottori, Japan.
  • 2. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, Natural Sciences, The Domain, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Sawai, Etsuro, Nyegaard, Marianne (2023): Response to Britz (2022) regarding the validity of the giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1834) (Teleostei: Molidae). Zootaxa 5383 (4): 561-574, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.4.7, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5383.4.7/52469

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