rochebrunei, Cephaloptera Vaillant [L. L.] 1879:187 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 3; ref. 17850] Senegal, western Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9967 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:92 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:26 [ref. 9312]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:77 [ref. 7167]). •Valid as Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant 1879) -- (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:22 [ref. 9133], McEachran & Seret 1990:75 [ref. 19318], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Menni & Stehmann 2000:94 [ref. 24909] as rochebrunnei, Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27192], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:588 [ref. 26985], Gadig et al. 2003:869 [ref. 27134], Weigmann 2016:146 [ref. 34211], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara & Séret 2016:1438 [ref. 34552]). •Synonym of Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft 1831) -- (Last & Yearsley 2016:8 [ref. 34940], White & Last 2016:744 [ref. 35016], White et al. 2018:57 [ref. 37171], Jones et al. 2020:303 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft 1831). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.