Mobula

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Mobula birostris

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata 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
Species: M. alfredi – M. birostris – M. eregoodootenkee – M. hypostoma – M. japanica – M. kuhlii – M. mobular – M. munkiana – M. rochebrunei – M. tarapacana – M. thurstoni

Name

• Mobula Rafinesque, 1810

Synonyms

• Apterurus Rafinesque, 1810:48, 62
• Brachioptilon Hamilton} in Newman 1849:2358
• Cephaloptera Cuvier (ex Duméril), 1816: 138 Type: Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Type by absolute tautonymy.
• Cephaloptera Billberg, 1833:51
• Ceratobatis Boulenger, 1897:227
• Ceratoptera Müller & Henle, 1837:118
• Daemomanta Whitley, 1932:327
• Diabolicthys Holmes, 1856:45
• Dicerobatis Blainville, 1825:40
• Dicerobatus Blainville, 1816:112 [= 120]
• Manta Bancroft, 1829
• Pterocephalus Swainson, 1838:170, 174

Vernacular names

English: Devil ray, Manta ray
español: Diablo raya
தமிழ்: பேய் திருக்கை
ไทย: ปลากระเบนปีศาจ, ปลากระเบนราหู, ปลากระเบนแมนตา
中文: 蝠鲼,蝠鲼属, 前口蝠鲼属, 鬼蝠属

References

• Duffy, C.A.J. & Vogiatzis, A. 2016. First record of the sicklefin devilray Mobula tarapacana (Myliobatiformes: Mobulidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 4126(1): 141–145. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.1.9. 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 [PDF] Reference page. 

Links

• Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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