WoRMS taxon details
Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
217436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217436)
accepted
Species
Cephaloptera kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1841 · unaccepted
Dicerobatis draco Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cephaloptera kuhlii 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.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217436 on 2026-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cephaloptera kuhlii 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.]. [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]
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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dicerobatis draco Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula kuhlii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Dicerobatis draco Günther, 1872)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 122 proteins)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 122 proteins) (from synonym Cephaloptera kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dicerobatis draco Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cephaloptera kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobula kuhlii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaloptera kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Dicerobatis draco Günther, 1872)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 122 proteins)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 122 proteins) (from synonym Cephaloptera kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
