A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii

Sea Bat HOLDER 1908
Pakoka PINCHOT 1930 ( Ua haka, Uaar Hat, Teuaua, Marquesas.)
Dicerobatis eregoodoo TOMBAZI 1934 t/l; Cape Houza, Karachi.
Indomanta tombazii WHITLEY 1936 (on TOMBAZI 1934)
Manta ? banksiana WHITLEY 1936 t/l; Nauru & Solomon Islands.
Manta pinchoti WHITLEY 1936 (on birostris FWLR. 1932) t/l; Marquesas.
Manta fowleri WHITLEY 1936 (on birostris FWLR. 1927) t/l; Fanning I., Central Pacific.
Manta pakoka WHITLEY 1936 (on PINCHOT 1930) t/l; Marquesas.
Range;Eastern Atlantic; Madeira; Tropical west Africa from Senegal to Liberia. Western Atlantic; S.
Carolina to Rio de Janeiro. Accidental to New England. Bermuda. Indo- Pacific; Red Sea south to
Natal, east to Japan,Melanesia, NSW,Aus.,Fiji, Hawaii, Marquesas.Eastern Pacific; S. California to
Peru. FC 00 041004
This species is presently considered to be represented by a single worldwide species.If there are more
than one the earliest names in each major ocean area are:-
Raja birostris DONNDORFF 1798 Atlantic.
Ceratoptera ehrenbergi M.& H. 1841 Red Sea. Indo-Pacific.
Brachioptilon hamiltoni NEWMAN 1849 Gulf of California Eastern Pacific.
Deratoptera alfredi KREEFT 1868 Port Jackson , Australia. Should be dated from STEAD 1908, as
KREFFT is a nomen nudum.
ADDENDUM
Rajidae
Raja koreana JEONG & NAKABO 1997 t/l; Korea
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