Cephalopterus Risso [A.] (ex Duméril) 1810:14 Masc. Raja giorna Lacepède 1803. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Bancroft 1829:452 [ref. 5051]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cephalopterus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 in Aves; replaced by Pterocephalus Swainson 1838. On Official Index (Direction 44). •Synonym of Mobula Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167], Cappetta 1987:177 [ref. 6348], White et al. 2018:55 [ref. 37171]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Mobula Rafinesque 1810. Mobulidae.