Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Myliobatiformes > Family Mobulidae > Genus Mobula

Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MobulaRafinesque, 1810accepted genus name
Cephaloptera Cuvier (ex Duméril), 1816 synonym
Manta Bancroft, 1829 synonym

Species group names

Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) synonym
Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2017). www.shark-references.com. World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 2017.

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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1026118

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2017-10-23 by Nicolas Bailly

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