WoRMS taxon details
Mobulidae Gill, 1893
Mobulinae Gill, 1893 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Aodon Lacepède, 1798 accepted as Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain, contains no valid species)
- Genus Apterurus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Brachioptilon Hamilton, 1849 accepted as Manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Cephaloptera Cuvier (ex Duméril), 1816 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)
- Genus Cephalopterus Risso, 1810 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Ceratobatis Boulenger, 1897 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Ceratoptera Müller & Henle, 1837 accepted as Manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Dicerobatis Blainville, 1825 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Mobular accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head differentiated from disc. Eyes and spiracles on sides of head....
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head differentiated from disc. Eyes and spiracles on sides of head. Mouth ventral in Mobula and terminal in Manta. Size of gill openings almost the length of eye. Length of tail much greater than disc. Some with spines. Dorsal fin small. Caudal fin lacking. Three functional paired limbs. The cephalic pair of fins aid in feeding and are said to be essentially the anterior subdivision of the pectorals. Some reach about 6.1 m and weigh over 1360 kg. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Mobulidae Gill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196070 on 2024-04-24
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context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
source of synonymy Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head differentiated from disc. Eyes and spiracles on sides of head. Mouth ventral in Mobula and terminal in Manta. Size of gill openings almost the length of eye. Length of tail much greater than disc. Some with spines. Dorsal fin small. Caudal fin lacking. Three functional paired limbs. The cephalic pair of fins aid in feeding and are said to be essentially the anterior subdivision of the pectorals. Some reach about 6.1 m and weigh over 1360 kg. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | manta rays and devil raysmanta rays | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Mobulinae Gill, 1893)
To Genbank (from synonym Mobulinae Gill, 1893)
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To Genbank (from synonym Mobulinae Gill, 1893)
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