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By spreading accurate information and promoting a better understanding of Mola species, we can contribute to their conservation and protection.
Because the sunfish is rarely seen alive by the average person (it spends much of its time in deep, cold water surfacing to bask), artists have historically relied on preserved specimens, poor photographs, or other artists’ work. This game of telephone led to systematic distortions.
Giving the sunfish a cute, upturned, parrot-like beak or a perpetual, friendly smile. Why It Happens: The sunfish’s mouth is small and terminal (at the front of the head), but when preserved specimens dry out, the jaw contracts and curls upward, creating a "grin." The Correction: The Mola mola does not smile. Its mouth is a permanent, small, oval-shaped hole. In live specimens, the mouth appears downturned or strictly neutral. The Errata List is famously brutal on this point: "A smiling sunfish is a dead sunfish. Draw the grim reality."
The (or Database) is a massive, specialized resource maintained by the Major Orchestra Librarians' Association (MOLA) . It catalogs errors found in published orchestral scores and parts—including wrong notes, rhythms, dynamics, and articulations—to help librarians and conductors correct music before it reaches the musicians' stands. Key Features and Purpose
By spreading accurate information and promoting a better understanding of Mola species, we can contribute to their conservation and protection.
Because the sunfish is rarely seen alive by the average person (it spends much of its time in deep, cold water surfacing to bask), artists have historically relied on preserved specimens, poor photographs, or other artists’ work. This game of telephone led to systematic distortions.
Giving the sunfish a cute, upturned, parrot-like beak or a perpetual, friendly smile. Why It Happens: The sunfish’s mouth is small and terminal (at the front of the head), but when preserved specimens dry out, the jaw contracts and curls upward, creating a "grin." The Correction: The Mola mola does not smile. Its mouth is a permanent, small, oval-shaped hole. In live specimens, the mouth appears downturned or strictly neutral. The Errata List is famously brutal on this point: "A smiling sunfish is a dead sunfish. Draw the grim reality."
The (or Database) is a massive, specialized resource maintained by the Major Orchestra Librarians' Association (MOLA) . It catalogs errors found in published orchestral scores and parts—including wrong notes, rhythms, dynamics, and articulations—to help librarians and conductors correct music before it reaches the musicians' stands. Key Features and Purpose