WoRMS name details
Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804)
217435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217435)
unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found in inshore waters of the continental coast (Ref. 9911). Usually found in schools, filtering small organisms. Can leap...
Description Found in inshore waters of the continental coast (Ref. 9911). Usually found in schools, filtering small organisms. Can leap high out of the water. Often found in shark nets (Ref. 3177). May be captured using a harpon (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217435 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in inshore waters of the continental coast (Ref. 9911). Usually found in schools, filtering small organisms. Can leap high out of the water. Often found in shark nets (Ref. 3177). May be captured using a harpon (Ref. 5213). [details]Remark Name provisional (Ref. 3177). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | devil ray | [details] |
