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Species related to Mobula mobular: [ 21 ] records

diabolus, Raja Shaw [G.] 1804:291 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. No types known. Based on literature sources. The name diabolus should not decline. Notarbartolo-di-Sciara (1987) restricted the type locality as the Mediterranean. •Valid as Mobula diabolus (Shaw 1804) -- (Dor 1984:21 [ref. 29757], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:16 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:134 [ref. 5648], Paxton et al. 1989:51 [ref. 12442], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Goren & Dor 1994:6 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:82 [ref. 27969], Fricke 1999:33 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:186 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:186 [ref. 26001], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Haroon & Kibria 2021:128 [ref. 39241]). •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:58 [ref. 35264], Weigmann 2016:146 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

japanica, Cephaloptera Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841:185 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Japan [Nagasaki, Japan]. Lectotype: RMNH D2440 (dry, young). Paralectotypes: RMNH (1, lost). Type information: Boeseman 1947:228 [ref. 12876] as japonica. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:228 [ref. 12876]. The original spelling was japanica and that spelling should be maintained. •Valid as Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:58 [ref. 9277], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:16 [ref. 6441], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:53 [ref. 9133], Paulin et al. 1989:30 [ref. 24556] as japonica, Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Last & Stevens 1994:461 [ref. 23873], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:vi [ref. 21953], McEachran & Notarbartolo-di-Sciara in Fischer et al. 1995:761 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:60 [ref. 22793], Chen et al. 1997:11 [ref. 26476], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:131 [ref. 24023], Morón et al. 1999:150 [ref. 24253], Compagno & Last 1999:1528 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:186 [ref. 25086], Choi et al. 2003:73, 486 [ref. 26218], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27192], Gadig et al. 2003:869 [ref. 27134], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Duffy & Abbott 2003:715 [ref. 27479], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:56 [ref. 27735], Nelson et al. 2004:57 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:15 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:107 [ref. 28379], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Allen et al. 2006:208 [ref. 29002], Randall 2007:48 [ref. 30952], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Last el al. 2010:260 [ref. 32461], Bustamante et al. 2012:2 [ref. 41588], Page et al. 2013:57 [ref. 32708], Ebert et al. 2013:369 [ref. 33045] as japonica, Psomadakis et al. 2015:108 [ref. 34104], Duffy 2015:203 [ref. 34217], Pinheiro et al. 2015:4 [ref. 34324], Dyldin 2015:76 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:137 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016::[146] 982 [ref. 34211], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al. 2016:[4] 200 [ref. 37502], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara & Séret 2016:1437 [ref. 34552], Fourriére et al. 2016:453 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Nión et al. 2016:24 [ref. 35565], Kells et al. 2016:86 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35618] as japonica, Sonoyama et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37637] as japonica, Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 4 [ref. 38321], Haroon & Kibria 2021:130 [ref. 39241]). •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Last & Yearsley 2016:8 [ref. 34940], White & Last 2016:746 [ref. 35016], White et al. 2018:63 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610], Marshall 2022:632 [ref. 39677], Fricke et al. 2024:105 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

massena, Cephalopterus Risso [A.] 1810:15 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:34 [ref. 9312]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610], Bucair et al. 2025:26 [ref. 42255]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

edentula, Cephalopterus Griffini [A.] (ex Brüun) 1903:132, Fig. 73 [Ittiologia italiana. Descrizione dei pesci di mare e d'acqua dolce; ref. 18159] Italian seas. No types known. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], White et al. 2018:63 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

giorna, Raja Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:662, 666, Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Bay of Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:34 [ref. 9312]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167] as fabronia, Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:16 [ref. 36649] as Cephaloptera giorna, Biscoito et al. 2018:483 [ref. 37562], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610], Bucair et al. 2025:26 [ref. 42255]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

auriculata, Mobula Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:48, 61 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Based on Raja mobula of Lacepède. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167] as fabronia, Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Parenti 2019:103 [ref. 37117], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

fabroni, Apterurus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:48 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Unjustified emendation of Raja fabroniana Lacepède 1800. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

mobular, Raia Bonnaterre [J. P.] 1788:5 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Montredon, near Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:34 [ref. 9312]. Based on earlier description by du Monceau. Original genus should have been spelled Raja. Misspelled mobularis by Cabrera y Corro, Pérez & Hänseler 1817:12 [ref. 17319], see Graells 1887:186 [ref. 30438]. •Synonym of Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara & Séret 2016:1437 [ref. 34552]). •Valid as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167], McEachran & Capapé in Whitehead et al. 1984:210 [ref. 13675], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], McEachran & Séret 1990:74 [ref. 19318], Santos et al. 1997:16 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:24 [ref. 24952], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Bradaï & Capapé 2001:389 [ref. 25924], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:28 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:15 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:21 [ref. 29533], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:58 [ref. 35264], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:16 [ref. 36649], Last & Yearsley 2016:8 [ref. 34940], Weigmann 2016:146 [ref. 34211], White & Last 2016:746 [ref. 35016], Başusta & Özbek 2017:164 [ref. 41397], White et al. 2017:290 [ref. 35860], Ali et al. 2018:305 [ref. 36183], Biscoito et al. 2018:483 [ref. 37562], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:28 [ref. 35805], Kumar et al. 2018:298 [ref. 36178], White & Ko'ou 2018:68 [ref. 35922], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:177 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:52 [ref. 37250], Bariche & Fricke 2020:22 [ref. 37515], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37881], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 4 [ref. 38321], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610], Kim et al. 2020:49 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37519], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al. 2020:2 [ref. 37486], Psomadakis et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37272], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Arroyo Martínez 2021:70 [ref. 38962], Ebert et al. 2021:101 [ref. 38234], Giovos et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:12 [ref. 38303], González-Acosta et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38361], Haroon & Kibria 2021:132 [ref. 39241], Kovačić et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:30 [ref. 39279], Bañón & Mano 2022:17 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:63 [ref. 39527], Ehemann et al. 2022:[3] 215 [ref. 40885], Fermon et al. 2022:109 [ref. 39448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:48 [ref. 41223], Grove et al. 2022:15 [ref. 41326], Marshall 2022:632 [ref. 39677], Balàka et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40410], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932], Borg et al. 2023:11 [ref. 42080], Carvalho-Filho 2023:325 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:48 [ref. 40505], Shakman et al. 2023:464 [ref. 40810], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40816], Allen & Erdmann 2024:74 [ref. 40796], Boer et al. 2024:647 [ref. 41193], Bucair et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41220], Fricke et al. 2024:105 [ref. 41622], Gadig et al. 2024:91 [ref. 40775], Glaus et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40788], Harris 2024:[3] [ref. 41017], Victor et al. 2024:74 [ref. 42021], Bucair et al. 2025:28 [ref. 42255], Campos-León et al. 2025:[10] [ref. 42591]). Current status: Valid as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Japan, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2018): Endangered. Habitat: marine.

cephaloptera, Raja Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:365 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. Holotype (unique): ZMB 13407 (partial specimen, forepart of skull). Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:180 [ref. 21041], Paepke 1999:104 [ref. 24282]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167] as fabronia, Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

tatraniana, Cephaloptera van Hasselt [J. C.] 1823:316 [Algemeene Konst- en Letter-bode voor het Jaar I Deel (no. 20); ref. 4513] An incorrect subsequent spelling of Raja fabroniana Lacepède 1800 (see Kottelat 1987:369 [ref. 5962]). •In the synonymy of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

edentulus, Squalus Brünnich [M. T.] 1768:6 [Ichthyologia Massiliensis, sistens piscium descriptiones eorumque apud incolas nomina; ref. 17290] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Questionably the same as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133]). •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

vespertilio, Raja Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:535 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Azores, northeastern Atlantic. On Raie cornue Duhamel 1769 sect. 9 p. 293 pl. 17 figs. 1-2, Azores. Preoccupied by Raia vespertilio Schneider 1788, not replaced. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

rancureli, Mobula Cadenat [J.] 1959:1331, Figs. 1-10 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 21 (no. 4); ref. 11984] Ivory Coast, western Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1965-0146 (in 5 pieces). Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:27 [ref. 9312]. •Valid as Mobula rancureli Cadenat 1959 -- (McEachran & Séret 1990:75 [ref. 19318]). •Synonym of Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:47 [ref. 9133], Weigmann 2016:145 [ref. 34211]). •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (White et al. 2018:63 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

cornutus, Anodon Billberg [G. J.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for Squalus edentulus Brünnich 1768; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

dumerillii, Cephaloptera Billberg [G. J.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Montredon, near Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on the "Molubar" [sic, should have been Mobular] of Lacepède 1798:151 [ref. 2708]; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

rissoi, Cephaloptera Billberg [G. J.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Genus erroneously abbreviated as "M."; should have been Cephaloptera. Based on the Cephalopterus massena of Risso 1810:15 [ref. 3755]; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

cornu, Aodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1798:297, 300 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 1; ref. 2708] Unneeded new name for Squalus edentulus Brunnich 1768. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:303 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

fabroniana, Raia Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:104, 111, Pl. 5 (figs. 1-2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Livourne, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MZUF (not found in 1995). Also appeared in Sonnini 1802:73, 285 [ref. 30461]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167] as fabronia, Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:64 [ref. 9133], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610], Bucair et al. 2025:26 [ref. 42255]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

macrourus, Ceritius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:12 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Generic account preceeding the proposal of this name listed as Cerictius. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:45 [ref. 3595] as Cerictius macrourus. Possibly imaginary (Jordan 1917:78 [ref. 2407]). •Questionable synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Parenti 2019:109 [ref. 37117] as Mobular mobula). Current status: Uncertain as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

monstrum, Dicerobatis Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:687 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMNS 1632 (lost). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:13 [ref. 20296]. Fricke 2005:48 [ref. 29864]. •Synonym of Mobula diabolus (Shaw 1804) -- (Dor 1984:21 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

aurita, Raia Suckow [G. A.] 1799:78 [Naturgeschichte der Thiere v. 4, pt. 1; ref. 18858] •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37610]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.