Species Detail - Sun-fish (Mola mola) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Mola mola
Sun-fish
NBNSYS0000176502
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momol
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bony fish (Actinopterygii)
Species
6
6
5
01/08/1969
10/08/1983
3 January (recorded in 2017)
6 December (recorded in 2015)
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Sun-fish (Mola mola), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/89/Species/13254>