Species that contain: Mobula and diabolus [ 6 ] 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.

eregoodootenkee, Cephaloptera Bleeker [P.] 1859:214 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 6 (art. 3); ref. 371] Gulf of Thailand off Cambodia, about 1 mile east of Goh Choaw, 11°03'-11°05'N, 103°03'30"-103°05'E. Neotype: CAS 56095. Treated as unneeded new name for Dicerobatis eregoodoo Cantor 1849 -- see Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 2019 [ref. 37090]. Based on Raja No. IX of Russell 1803:5, Pl. 9, Ereegoodoo-tenkee [ref. 13862]. Appeared first in a footnote in Cuvier 1829:402 [ref. 995] in genus Cephaloptère, as "Eregoodoo-tenkee, Russ. I, 9" but based on style elsewhere in work, this treatment is in the vernacular and probably not available. A neotype was designated by Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:30 [ref. 9133] for Cuvier 1829, and the species treated as valid by him; but that neotype designation probably does not apply for Bleeker 1859. Species may date to Bleeker 1859:214 [ref. 371] as above with reference to Cuvier and to Russell -- also see Compagno 1999:498 who treats Garman 1913 as establishing the valid binomial. •In the synonymy of Mobula diabolus (Shaw 1804) -- (Dor 1984:21 [ref. 29757] which Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:34 [ref. 9133] indicates is another species). •Valid as Raja eregoodootenkee (Bleeker 1859), but questionably the same as Raja diabolus (Shaw 1804) -- (Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:vi [ref. 21953] with author as Cuvier 1829, Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Mobula eregoodootenkee (Bleeker 1859) -- (Last & Stevens 1994:460 [ref. 23873] with author as Cuvier 1829, Compagno & Last 1999:1527 [ref. 24637], Johnson 1999:718 [ref. 25471], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377] as eregoodootenke and with author as Cuvier 1829, Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:56 [ref. 27735], Compagno et al. 2005:81 [ref. 29145], Allen et al. 2006:207 [ref. 29002], Henderson & Reeve 2011:173 [ref. 38995], Allen & Erdmann 2012:67 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:22 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:15 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:108 [ref. 34104], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al. 2016:[4] 200 [ref. 37502], Weigmann 2016:145 [ref. 34211], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 4 [ref. 38321], Hsu et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39567], Allen & Erdmann 2024:73 [ref. 40796]). •Synonym of Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor 1849) -- (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al. 2019:[9] [ref. 37090]). •Synonym of Mobula kuhlii (Valenciennes 1841) -- (Last & Yearsley 2016:8 [ref. 34940], White & Last 2016:745 [ref. 35016], White et al. 2018:58 [ref. 37171] with authors as Müller & Henle). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Mobula kuhlii (Valenciennes 1841). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.

giorna, Cephalopterus Lesueur [C. A.] 1824:115 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 17520] Off entrance of Delaware River, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.; Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. No types known. Not Raja giorna Lacepède 1803. Based on a specimen collected off Delaware River mouth, on the "Devil-fish, Diabolus marinus" of Catesby 1771:xxxii [ref. 774], and on a specimen from Savannah, Georgia described in the Philadelphia Gazette of 6 Aug. 1824. Marshall et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30599] tentatively recognize a valid species distinct from (but occurring with) birostris; it occurs in the Atlantic. A neotype selection would be needed to fix the name of this species as giorna Lesueur 1824 if the species is shown to be distinct from birostris. •Synonym of Manta birostris (Walbaum 1792) -- (authors). •Treated as a synonym of Manta sp. cf. birostris (Walbaum 1792) -- (Marshall et al. 2009:22 [ref. 30599], also Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:21 [ref. 33341]). •Synonym of Mobula birostris (Walbaum 1792) -- (Jones et al. 2020:302 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula birostris (Walbaum 1792). Mobulidae. Distribution: Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (if valid). Habitat: marine.

kuhlii, Cephaloptera Valenciennes [A.] in Müller & Henle 1841:185, [Pl. 59 (left)] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-1596. Possible paralectotypes: BMNH 2008.12.1.1 [ex ZSL] (1, stuffed and mounted). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:92 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:26 [ref. 9312]. Lectotype listed in Séret & McEachran 1987:26 [ref. 9312] on verbal information from Notarbartolo-di-Sciara; it is uncertain if this established the lectotype -- see Compagno et al. 2005:81 [ref. 29145]. Subsequent workers perhaps established the lectotype. Authorship changed to Valenciennes 1841 -- Jones et al. 2015:570 [ref. 34086]. •Synonym of Mobula diabolus (Shaw 1804) -- (Dor 1984:22 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Mobula kuhlii (Valenciennes 1841) -- (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987:47 [ref. 9133], Randall 1995:51 [ref. 22896], Compagno & Last 1999:1528 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Compagno et al. 2005:81 [ref. 29145] with author as Valenciennes, Last el al. 2010:262 [ref. 32461], Psomadakis et al. 2015:109 [ref. 34104], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al. 2016:[5] 201 [ref. 37502], Weigmann 2016:145 [ref. 34211] needs further examination, may be Mobula eregoodootenkee, White & Last 2016:745 [ref. 35016] with authorship as Müller & Henle, White et al. 2017:288 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:28 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:18 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:298 [ref. 36178], White & Ko'ou 2018:68 [ref. 35922], White et al. 2018:69 [ref. 37171], Chin et al. 2019:[A] 100 [ref. 37669], Eagderi et al. 2019:13 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:48 [ref. 36673], Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al. 2019:[9] [ref. 37090], Bineesh et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37641], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 4 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37272], Ebert et al. 2021:101 [ref. 38234], Haroon & Kibria 2021:131 [ref. 39241], Ray & Mohapatra 2021:494 [ref. 38156], Hsu et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39567], Marshall 2022:631 [ref. 39677], Zajonz et al. 2022:33 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:74 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Mobula kuhlii (Valenciennes 1841). Mobulidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

marinus, Raja diabolus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:368 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] India. No types known. Not the same as Raja diabolus Shaw 1904. •Synonym of Mobula birostris (Walbaum 1792) -- (Jones et al. 2020:302 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula birostris (Walbaum 1792). 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]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula diabolus (Shaw 1804). Mobulidae. Habitat: marine.