munkiana, Mobula Notarbartolo-di-Sciara [G.] 1987:9, Figs. 3-7, 8A [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 91 (no. 1); ref. 9133] Bahia de la Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 24°04'N, 109°53'W, near surface over depth of 15 meters. Holotype: SIO 84-29. Paratypes: SIO 53-178-6A (1), 84-29 (2), 85-34 (1), 85-35 (2). •Valid as Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987 -- (Acero P. & Franke 1995:18 [ref. 22546], McEachran & Notarbartolo-di-Sciara in Fischer et al. 1995:762 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:61 [ref. 22793], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:130 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:73 [ref. 24555], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Thomson et al. 2000:284 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:57 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:57 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:137 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:146 [ref. 34211], White & Last 2016:747 [ref. 35016], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], White et al. 2018:69 [ref. 37171], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37881], Bessudo et al. 2021:[3] 1771 [ref. 39107], González-Acosta et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:30 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:15 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:48 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:85 [ref. 40816], Fricke et al. 2024:105 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987. Mobulidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2018): Vulnerable. Habitat: marine.