WoRMS name details
Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824
316947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:316947)
unaccepted
Species
Cephalopterus Risso, 1810 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mitchill, S. L. (1824). Description of a new and gigantic species of the genus Cephalopterus of Duméril. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 23-29, Pl. 2 (Fig.1)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913192#page/33/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=316947 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Mitchill, S. L. (1824). Description of a new and gigantic species of the genus Cephalopterus of Duméril. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 23-29, Pl. 2 (Fig.1)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913192#page/33/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
