WoRMS taxon details

Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)

105858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105858)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Elasmobranchii (Class)
  8. Neoselachii (Subclass)
  9. Batoidea (Infraclass)
  10. Myliobatiformes (Order)
  11. Mobulidae (Family)
  12. Mobula (Genus)
  13. Mobula mobular (Species)
accepted
Species
Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
Aodon japonicus (Müller & Henle, 1841) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (also misspelling of the...)  
also misspelling of the subspecific epithet
Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804) · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mobular mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details] OpenAccess publication
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105858 on 2026-08-01
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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Nomenclature

original description (of Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959) Cadenat, J. (1959). Notes d'Ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XXV.--Description d'une Mobula de grande taille, à aiguillon caudal, de Côte d'Ivoire: Mobula rancureli, sp. nov. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> 21(4): 1326-1335. [details] 

original description (of Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details] 

original description (of Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182. [details] 

original description (of Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930 [details] 

original description (of Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395 [details] 

original description (of Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768) Ninni, A. P. (1872). Rivista critica delle specie dei pesci adriatici descritti nell'opera manoscritta dell'Ab. Stefano Chiereghini di Chioggia. Venezia. 1-64. [details] 

original description (of Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798) Lacepède; Buffon, G. L. L. (1798). Histoire naturelle des poissons, Tome 1. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11645 [details] 

original description (of Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395 [details] 

original description (of Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details] 

original description (of Cephaloptera tatraniana van Hasselt, 1823) van Hasselt, J.C. (1823). Uittreksel uit een brief van Dr. J.C. van Hasselt, aan den Heer C. J. Temminck. <em>Alhemeene Konst en Letter-bode.</em> 1823 [1]: 315-317., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065335005&view=1up&seq=331&skin=2021 [details] 

original description (of Cephalopterus edentula Griffini, 1903) Griffini, A. (1903). Ittiologia italiana. Descrizione dei pesci di mare e d'acqua dolce. i-xii + 1-475. [details] 

original description (of Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810) Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Raia fabroniana Lacepède, 1800) Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [details] 

original description (of Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details] OpenAccess publication

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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 
   

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LanguageName 
Albanian lopa e detitdjalli i detit  [details]
English spinetail mobuladevil ray  [details]
German Teufelsrochen  [details]
Hebrew כנפתן קוצני  [details]
Italian diavolo di mare  [details]
Japanese イトマキエイ  [details]
Lithuanian europinė mobulė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Διαβολόψαρο  [details]
Polish mobula  [details]
Spanish manta arpón [from synonym]manta  [details]
Turkish şeytan vatozuseytan vatozukulaklı folyakulakli folya  [details]
Ukrainian Морський диявол  [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804))
To Barcode of Life (147 barcodes) (from synonym Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Manta mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cephalopterus giornae (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Dicerobatis giornae (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera tatraniana van Hasselt, 1823)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Raia fabroniana Lacepède, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula japanica) (from synonym Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula mobular) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804))
To FishBase (from synonym Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768)
To FishBase (from synonym Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Manta mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera tatraniana van Hasselt, 1823)
To FishBase (from synonym Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To FishBase (from synonym Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Dicerobatis giornae (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Raia fabroniana Lacepède, 1800)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopterus edentula Griffini, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopterus giornae (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810)
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (111 nucleotides; 156 proteins) 
To GenBank (111 nucleotides; 156 proteins) (from synonym Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788)
To GenBank (337 nucleotides; 369 proteins) (from synonym Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To GenBank (337 nucleotides; 369 proteins) (from synonym Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841)
To GenBank (337 nucleotides; 369 proteins) (from synonym Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841))
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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