FIGURE 1 in Response to Britz (2022) regarding the validity of the giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1834) (Teleostei: Molidae)

FIGURE 1. Specimens of the genus Mola preserved in the Museo di Zoologia dell' Università di Bologna, Italy (MZUB). (A) extant putative holotype of Mola alexandrini (PHMA); (B) holotype of Orthragoriscus alexandrini illustrated by Ranzani (1939); (C) extant holotype of Ozodura orsini [designated by Sawai et al. (2018) as neotype of Mola mola]; (D) holotype of Oz. orsini illustrated by Ranzani (1939). Arrows indicate the open part of the gill slit (white crescent; see text).