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Mobulidae Gill, 1893

196070  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196070)

  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)
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Family
Mobulinae Gill, 1893 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  2. Genus Apterurus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  3. Genus Brachioptilon Hamilton, 1849 accepted as Manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  4. Genus Cephaloptera Cuvier (ex Duméril), 1816 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)
  5. Genus Cephalopterus Risso, 1810 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  6. Genus Ceratobatis Boulenger, 1897 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  7. Genus Ceratoptera Müller & Henle, 1837 accepted as Manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  8. Genus Dicerobatis Blainville, 1825 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  9. Genus Manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
  10. Genus Mobular accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  11. Genus Aodon Lacepède, 1798 (uncertain, uncertain in Mobulidae (most likely synonym of Mobula), contains no valid species)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head differentiated from disc. Eyes and spiracles on sides of head....  
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head differentiated from disc. Eyes and spiracles on sides of head. Mouth ventral in Mobula and terminal in Manta. Size of gill openings almost the length of eye. Length of tail much greater than disc. Some with spines. Dorsal fin small. Caudal fin lacking. Three functional paired limbs. The cephalic pair of fins aid in feeding and are said to be essentially the anterior subdivision of the pectorals. Some reach about 6.1 m and weigh over 1360 kg.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mobulidae Gill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196070 on 2025-06-06
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2005-12-27 19:49:34Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-06-24 13:05:17Z
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Decock, Wim
2015-04-17 09:08:32Z
checked
Bailly, Nicolas
2021-06-30 07:11:15Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Taxonomy

source of synonymy Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head differentiated from disc. Eyes and spiracles on sides of head. Mouth ventral in Mobula and terminal in Manta. Size of gill openings almost the length of eye. Length of tail much greater than disc. Some with spines. Dorsal fin small. Caudal fin lacking. Three functional paired limbs. The cephalic pair of fins aid in feeding and are said to be essentially the anterior subdivision of the pectorals. Some reach about 6.1 m and weigh over 1360 kg.  [details]
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LanguageName 
English manta rays and devil raysmanta rays  [details]
Japanese イトマキエイ科  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mobulinae) (from synonym Mobulinae Gill, 1893)
To Genbank (from synonym Mobulinae Gill, 1893)
To ITIS
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