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

Mobulidae Gill, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Mobulinae Gill, 1893 synonym

Children

Mobula Rafinesque, 1810

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: manta rays; manta rays and devil rays

Literature

source of synonymy

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mobulidae Gill, 1893. 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:196070

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2021-06-30 by Nicolas Bailly

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