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Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) 
AphiaID: 105858

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Mobulinae (Subfamily) > Mobula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
Synonymised
taxa
  Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798
Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810
Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803)
Cephaloptera tatraniana van Hasselt, 1823
Cephalopterus edentula Griffini, 1903
Cephalopterus giornae (Lacepède, 1803)
Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810
Dicerobatis giornae (Lacepède, 1803)
Manta mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810
Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804) (ambiguous synonym)
Raia fabroniana Lacepède, 1800
Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788
Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804
Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803
Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian djalli i detit  [details]
Albanian lopa e detit  [details]
English devil ray  [details]
German Teufelsrochen  [details]
Hebrew כנפתן קוצני  [details]
Italian diavolo di mare  [details]
Lithuanian europinė mobulė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Διαβολόψαρο  [details]
Polish mobula  [details]
Spanish manta  [details]
Turkish kulakli folya  [details]
Turkish kulaklı folya  [details]
Turkish seytan vatozu  [details]
Turkish şeytan vatozu  [details]
Ukrainian Морський диявол  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Diphyllogaster thompsoni Brian, 1899 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Mobula mobular
Mobula mobular
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Mobula mobular
Mobula mobular
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Mobula mobular
Mobula mobular
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Mobula mobular
Mobula mobular
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105858
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105858 on 2013-05-20
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