Author: Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart, 2017
FBname: Hoodwinker ocean sunfish
Comments: This species likely exhibits a similar biology to the other <i>Mola</i> species whereby feeding takes place during deep dives.  Stomach contents of three specimens consisted of salps (<i>Thetys vagina</i> and <i>Pyrosoma</i> sp.) and the remains of a nectonic siphonophore, and in one instance, a 3 × 5 mm Styrofoam ball. All dissected specimens were heavily infested with parasites, particularly in the intestines (cestodes) and in the liver (likely larval <i>Trypanorhynch</i> cestodes). Gonadal shape differs between the sexes; the ovary is singular and ball-shaped, the testis are paired, elongated and rod-like and do not appear to frill during maturation. Migrations and spawning grounds, eggs, larvae and pre-juveniles are unknown (Ref. 115933).