Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Myliobatidae > Subfamily Mobulinae > Genus Mobula

Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mobula*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

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

English-United States: Devil Ray sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

Israel (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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Mobula mobular. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105858