Mobula

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Mobula birostris

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Myliobatiformes
Subordo: Myliobatoidei
Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Mobulidae
Genus: Mobula
Species: M. alfredi – M. birostris – M. eregoodootenkee – M. hypostoma – M. japanica – M. kuhlii – M. mobular – M. munkiana – M. rochebrunei – M. tarapacana – M. thurstoni

Name edit

Mobula Rafinesque, 1810: 48, 61

Type species: Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810 [= Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788], by monotypy.

Synonyms edit

  • Apterurus Rafinesque, 1810: 48, 62
  • Cephalopterus Risso, 1810: 14 [junior homonym of Cephalopterus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809]
    • Type species: Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803 [= Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788], by subsequent designation.
    • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Direction 44 (ICZN, 1956).
  • Apturus Rafinesque, 1815: 93 (emended spelling for Apterurus Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Cephaloptera Cuvier (ex Duméril), 1816: 138
    • Type species: Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [= Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788], by absolute tautonymy.
  • Dicerobatus Blainville, 1816: 112 [= 120]
    • Type species: Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788, by monotypy.
  • Dicerobatis Blainville, 1825: 40 (unjustified emendation of Dicerobatus Blainville, 1816)
  • Manta Bancroft, 1829: 454
    • Type species: Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829 [= Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792], by monotypy.
  • Cephalopteram Griffith & Smith, 1834: 617 (erroneous spelling for Cephaloptera Cuvier, 1816)
  • Ceratoptera Müller & Henle, 1837: 118
    • Type species: Cephaloptera giorna Lesueur, 1824 [= Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788], by subsequent monotypy.
  • Pterocephalus Swainson, 1838: 170, 174 (replacement name for Cephaloptera Cuvier, 1816)
  • Pterocephala Swainson, 1839: 321 (alternative spelling of Pterocephalus Swainson, 1838)
  • Brachioptilon Hamilton in Newman, 1849: 2358
    • Type species: Brachioptilon hamiltoni Hamilton, 1849 [= Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792], by monotypy.
  • Diabolicthys Holmes, 1856: 45
    • Type species: Diabolicthys elliotti Holmes, 1856 [= Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792], by monotypy.
  • Deratoptera Krefft, 1868: 3, 9, Fig. (considered a misspelling of Ceratoptera Müller & Henle, 1837)
  • Ceratobatis Boulenger, 1897: 227
    • Type species: Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897 [= Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831], by monotypy.
  • Daemomanta Whitley, 1932: 327
    • Type species: Ceratoptera alfredi Krefft, 1868, by original designation.
  • Indomanta Whitley, 1936: 11
    • Type species: Indomanta tombazii Whitley, 1936, by monotypy.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Bancroft, E.N. 1829. On the fish known in Jamaica as the sea-devil. The Zoological Journal 4(16) (art. 55): 444–457. BHL. Reference page
  • Blainville, H. de. 1816. Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des sciences, par la Société philomathique de Paris 8: 105–112 [sic for 113–120] +121–124. BHL Reference page
  • Cuvier G.L. 1816–1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Avec Figures, dessinées d'après nature. Tome II. Contenant Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Edition 1, Deterville, Paris. pp. i–xviii + 1–532. [Pls. 9–10, in v. 4] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41460 BHL Reference page
  • ICZN 1956. Direction 44. Correction of certain entries relating to the names of genera in the class Aves made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the close of 1936 and addition to the Official Indexes of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology of certain names given to genera and species of the same class. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D: 211–232. BHL. Reference page
  • Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1837. Über die Gattungen der Haifische und Rochen nach einer ... mit Hrn. Henle unternommenen gemeinschaftlichen Arbeit über die Naturgeschichte der Knorpelfische. Bericht Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1837: 111–118. BHL Reference page
  • Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1810. 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 siciliani. G. del Nobolo, Messina. 1–70, Pls. 1–2. BHL. Reference page
  • Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page
  • Risso, A. 1810. Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du département des Alpes Maritimes. F. Schoell, Paris. i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11. BHL Reference page
  • Swainson, W.J. 1838. On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. A. Spottiswoode, London 1: i–vi + 1–368. BHL. Reference page
  • Swainson, W.J. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co.: London. vol. 2: i–vi + 1–448. BHL Reference page

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Vernacular names edit

English: Devil ray, Manta ray
español: Diablo raya
தமிழ்: பேய் திருக்கை
ไทย: ปลากระเบนปีศาจ, ปลากระเบนราหู, ปลากระเบนแมนตา
中文: 蝠鲼,蝠鲼属, 前口蝠鲼属, 鬼蝠属
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