Noun
A species in the Molidae subfamily, which includes molas and ocean sunfish.
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The moloids are without pelvis or ribs; they have the body truncated behind, the caudal region aborted, and the jaws without median sutures.
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The latter are divided into two clades, one of which is composed of the remaining scleroderms, with Balistidae + Monacanthidae (balistoids) as sister to Aracanidae + Ostraciidae (ostracioids); the other is composed of the gymnodonts, with Triodontidae (triodontoids) as sister to (Tetraodontidae + Diodontidae, tetraodontoids) and Molidae (moloids); the tetraodontid genus Canthigaster was recognized as familially distinct from the Tetraodontidae, and immediate sister to it.
Adjective
Relating to the Molidae subfamily.
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geph-y'ro-cer"cal. […] Having the caudal fin formed by the dorsal and anal uniting over the aborted axis of the body, as in moloid sunfishes.