A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii

M. BIROSTRIS (Donndorff ) 1798 Manta Ray; Giant Devilray
Diabolus marinus WILLUGHBY 1686 No loc.
Devil Fish CATESBY 1731 Nat. Hist. of Carolina. t/l; Carolina.
Raja birostris, rostro bifido WALBAUM 1792 (on WILLUGHBY 1686) (inadmissible work)
Raja birostris DONNDORFF 1798 (on WALBAUM 1792)
? La Raie manatia LAC. 1798 (Equatorial America)
? Raja banksiana LAC. 1800 (East Indies)
? Raja fimbriata LAC. 1802 (North Atlantic)
? Raja manatia BL. & SCHN. 1801 (on LAC.)
La raie frangee LAC. 1802
Cephaloptera giorna LeSUEUR 1824 (non LAC.) t/l; Delaware Bay and Savannah, Georgia.
Cephalopterus vampyrus MITCHILL 1824 t/l; Delaware Bay.
Sea Devil LAMONT 1824
Cephalopterus manta BANCROFT 1829 t/l; Jamaica
Manta americana BANCROFT 1829 ( to replace Cephalopterus manta BANCROFT
1829 )
Ceratoptera lesueurii SWAINSON 1839 ( on LESUEUR)
Ceratoptera johnii M.&H. 1841 t/l; Jamaica.
Ceratoptera ehrenbergi M. & H. 1841 t/l; Red Sea.
Cephaloptera vampirus DeKAY 1842 t/l; New York.
Cephaloptera diabolus VALENCIENNES 1843 ( non SHAW 1804 = Mobula ) North America.
Cephaloptera sp. GOSSE 1845 ( Cuba)
Brachioptilon hamiltoni NEWMAN 1849 t/l; Gulf of California.
Cephaloptera ellioti HOLMES 1854 t/l; S. Carolina.
Deratoptera alfredi KREFFT 1868 (n. nud.) t/l; Port Jackson, NSW.
Ceratoptera vampyrus GUNTH. 1870 t/l; Jamaica.
Cephaloptera stelligera GUNTH. 1870 (in HEMPRICH & EHRENBERG 1899)
Ceratoptera STREETS 1877 (no sp. name) Gulf of California.
Manta raya BAER 1899 t/l; Zorritos, Peru.
Manta manatia FOWLER 1903 New Jersey.
Mobula japonica JORD. & EV. 1895 (non M.&H. ) Honolulu.
Ceratoptera orissa LLOYD 1908 t/l; Puri, Orissa.
Manta alfredi STEAD 1908 Pt. Jackson, NSW.
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