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 mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Raia mobular*	Bonnaterre, 1788	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: djalli i detit; lopa e detit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: devil ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Teufelsrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Διαβολόψαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: כנפתן קוצני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: diavolo di mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: europinė mobulė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: mobula sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: manta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kulakli folya; kulaklı folya; seytan vatozu; şeytan vatozu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський диявол

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Mobula mobular, Canary Is., by Minguell, C.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788). 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:105858