Mobula birostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Myliobatiformes Subordo: Myliobatoidei Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Mobulidae
Genus: Mobula
Species: Mobula birostris

Name

Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792)

No types known.
No locality stated.

Etymology: bi- (= two) and rostrum (= snout), referring to two hornlike flaps (cephalic fins). (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792
Raja manatia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Raja diabolus marinus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Raja fimbriata Lacepède, 1802
Cephalopterus giorna Lesueur, 1824
Manta americana Bancroft, 1829
Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824
Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829
Ceratoptera ehrenbergii Müller & Henle, 1841
Ceratoptera johnii Müller & Henle, 1841
Brachioptilon hamiltoni Hamilton & Newman in Newman, 1849
Diabolicthys elliotti Holmes, 1856
Manta raya Baer, 1899
Ceratoptera orissa Lloyd, 1908
Manta pinchoti Whitley, 1936

References

Kashiwagi, T., Marshall, A. D., Bennett, M. B. & Ovenden, J. R., 2012: The genetic signature of recent speciation in manta rays (Manta alfredi and M. birostris). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 212–218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.020

Marshall, A.D.; Compagno, L.J.V.; Bennett, M.B. 2009: Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa, 2301: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt
Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald]. Part 3: [i–viii] + 1–723, Pls. 1–3. BHL Reference page.
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50–75. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx018 . Reference page.

Links

Mobula birostris in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Mobula birostris in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
IUCN: Manta birostris (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

čeština: Rejnok manta
dansk: Djævlerokke
Deutsch: Mantarochen
English: Manta ray
español: Mantarraya, Manta gigante
suomi: Paholaisrausku
français: Raie manta
magyar: Atlanti ördögrája
日本語: オニイトマキエイ
Nederlands: Reuzenmanta
norsk: Djevlerokke
polski: Manta, diabeł morski
português: Jamanta, Arraia-jamanta, Diabo-do-mar
русский: Манта
svenska: Manta
ไทย: ปลากระเบนราหูมหาสมุทร, ปลากระเบนแมนตามหาสมุทร
Türkçe: Manta vatozu

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