A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
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Blue specimens allied to M. hypostoma.<br />
M. TARAPACANA (Philippi) 1892 Sicklefin<br />
Devilray<br />
Cephaloptera tarapacana PHILIPPI 1892 t/l; Chile.<br />
Mobula coilloti CADENAT & RANCUREL 1960 t/l;Ivory Coast, W. Africa.<br />
Mobula formosana TENG 1962 t/l; Taiwan.<br />
Mobula formosa WONGRATANA 1974 (lapsus for formosana)<br />
Range; Recorded from Chile; Baja California; Venezuela; S. Africa; Ivory Coast; Taiwan.<br />
M. THURSTONI (Lloyd) 1908 Bentfin Devilray; Smoothtail Devilray<br />
? Dicerobatis eregoodoo CANTOR 1849 (non CUVIER) t/l;Penang<br />
Dicerobatis thurstoni LLOYD 1908 t/l; Makran Coast, India & Oman.<br />
Mobula lucasana BEEBE & TEE-VAN 1938 t/l; Cape San Lucas, Baja California.<br />
Range; Circumtropical. Rec. from India to Gulf <strong>of</strong> Thailand; Oman; Natal, S. Africa; N. Queensland,<br />
Australia. Senegambia, W. Africa. Gulf <strong>of</strong> California to Costa Rica.<br />
FC 00 041003<br />
M. MUNKIANA Notarbartolo- Di- Sciara 1987 Pygmy Devilray<br />
Mobula munkiana NOTARBARTOLO- DI- SCIARA 1987 t/l; Baja California.<br />
Range; Baja California.<br />
MOBULA Sp. Dubia<br />
M. MANATIA (Lacepede) 1798<br />
Raia manatia LAC. 1798. Equatorial America. May be a Mobula or Manta.<br />
Raja manatia BL. & SCHN. 1801 ( on LAC. 1798)<br />
Genus MANTA Bancr<strong>of</strong>t 1828<br />
Raja WALBAUM 1792 (part) for Raja birostris WALBAUM 1792<br />
(this referred to Diabolus marinus WILLUGHBY 1686 & Devil Fish CATESBY 1731 [Carolina], but<br />
also to Divil Fish PENNANT 1787 and Raie cornue DUHAMEL 1782, which equal Mobula)<br />
Cephalopterus MITCHILL 1824 (non RISSO) type Cephalopterus vampyrus MITCHILL<br />
Cephaloptera LeSUEUR 1824 ( non CUV.) type Cephaloptera giorna LeSUEUR (non LAC.)<br />
Manta BANCROFT 1828 type Manta americana BANCROFT 1828 = Cephalopterus manta<br />
BANROFT = Raja birostris WALB.<br />
Ceratoptera M.&H. 1837 type Ceratoptera johnii M.&H. 1837 = Cephaloptera giorna<br />
LeSUEUR<br />
Brachioptilon NEWMAN 1849 type Brachioptilon hamiltoni NEWMAN 1849<br />
Diabolicthys HOLMES 1856 type Diabolicthys ellioti HOLMES 1856<br />
Deratoptera KREFFT 1868 ( error for Ceratoptera) type Deratoptera alfredi KREFFT 1868<br />
(n.nud.)<br />
Daemomanta WHITLEY 1932 type Manta alfredi STEAD 1906.Whitley considers Krefft 1868 a<br />
nomen nudum.<br />
Desmomanta FOWLER 1934 (misprint for Daemomanta)<br />
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