WoRMS taxon details
Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831)
158530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158530)
accepted
Species
Cephaloptera massenoidea Hill, 1862 · unaccepted
Cephaloptera olfersii Müller, 1834 · unaccepted
Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879 · unaccepted
Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897 · unaccepted
Mobula olfersii (Müller, 1834) · unaccepted
Mobula robertsi (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831) Bancroft, E. N. (1831). Specimens were exhibited of several fishes, lately received from Dr. Bancroft of Kingston, Jamaica, Corr. Memb. Z. S. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 134-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214089 [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey to Santos, Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey to Santos, Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158530 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cephaloptera olfersii Müller, 1834) Müller, J. (1836). Vergleichende Anatomie der Myxinoiden, der Cyclostomen mit durchbohrtem Gaumen. Erster Theil. Osteologie und Myologie. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1834: 65-340, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=3060 [details]
original description (of Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879) Vaillant, L. L. (1879). Note sur une nouvelle espèce d'elasmobranche hypotrème, le Cephaloptera rochebrunei. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 3: 187-188. [details]
original description (of Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831) Bancroft, E. N. (1831). Specimens were exhibited of several fishes, lately received from Dr. Bancroft of Kingston, Jamaica, Corr. Memb. Z. S. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 134-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214089 [details]
original description (of Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. (2009). XXIII. Description of a new Ceratopterine Eagle-Ray from Jamaica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20(116): 227-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213682#page/245/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. (2009). XXIII. Description of a new Ceratopterine Eagle-Ray from Jamaica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20(116): 227-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213682#page/245/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879) Vaillant, L. L. (1879). Note sur une nouvelle espèce d'elasmobranche hypotrème, le Cephaloptera rochebrunei. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 3: 187-188. [details]
original description (of Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831) Bancroft, E. N. (1831). Specimens were exhibited of several fishes, lately received from Dr. Bancroft of Kingston, Jamaica, Corr. Memb. Z. S. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 134-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214089 [details]
original description (of Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. (2009). XXIII. Description of a new Ceratopterine Eagle-Ray from Jamaica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20(116): 227-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213682#page/245/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. (2009). XXIII. Description of a new Ceratopterine Eagle-Ray from Jamaica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20(116): 227-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213682#page/245/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey to Santos, Brazil [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera massenoidea Hill, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mobula olfersii (Müller, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera olfersii Müller, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula hypostoma)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula rochebrunei) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula olfersii (Müller, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula robertsi (Boulenger, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera massenoidea Hill, 1862)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera olfersii Müller, 1834)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To GenBank (50042 nucleotides; 44077 proteins)
To GenBank (50042 nucleotides; 44077 proteins) (from synonym Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera massenoidea Hill, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mobula olfersii (Müller, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera olfersii Müller, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula hypostoma)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula rochebrunei) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula olfersii (Müller, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula robertsi (Boulenger, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera massenoidea Hill, 1862)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera olfersii Müller, 1834)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To GenBank (50042 nucleotides; 44077 proteins)
To GenBank (50042 nucleotides; 44077 proteins) (from synonym Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879))
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
