. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 116 Bulletin So. Calif. Academy of Sciences. Figure 2. Front view of three slender molas captured SE of San Clemente Island, showing peculiar mouths, apparently incapable of closing. Photo by Jack W. Sclwtt. The only previous record for California is that of Snyder (1913) who reported upon a 460 mm individual that was found dead on the beach at Oceano (San Luis Obispo County) in August 1909. Fraser-Brunner (1951) presented a rather exhaustive review of the family Molidae, including detailed in
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 116 Bulletin So. Calif. Academy of Sciences. Figure 2. Front view of three slender molas captured SE of San Clemente Island, showing peculiar mouths, apparently incapable of closing. Photo by Jack W. Sclwtt. The only previous record for California is that of Snyder (1913) who reported upon a 460 mm individual that was found dead on the beach at Oceano (San Luis Obispo County) in August 1909. Fraser-Brunner (1951) presented a rather exhaustive review of the family Molidae, including detailed information on taxonomy, distri- bution, and developmental stages for the various species, but he had little to report on their natural history. The only statement he made concerning food habits of Ranzania was based upon Barnard's (1927) observation that the stomach of a South African specimen that had been caught in a trawl net contained "several pieces (in various stages of digestion) of littoral seaweeds, some of which had evidently been torn off the ; Fraser-Brunner (1951) speculated that while its peculiar mouth did not seem adapted for such food gathering, "it is possible that the lips can suck in and close upon a frond [of seaweed] while the teeth nip it ; The lips of Ranzania extend well beyond the teeth and form a rather rigid, oval-shaped, funnel-like mouth (Fig. 2). The orofice supposedly closes so that the rictus is vertical, but in five specimens that I have examined (the present four from off. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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