Introduction
The order Myliobatiformes contains 11 families of rays, with nine known from Australia (Last et al. 2016. Nelson (1994) treated the group as a suborder of the Rajiformes. Nelson et al (2016). recognised the Myliobatiformes with 10 families (including Zanobatidae and Platyrhinidae, not included in the order by Last et al. 2016). Recent work has changed the classification considerably, particularly at the generic level. Relationships within the group are discussed by Nishida (1990), Naylor et al. (2012, 2016) and White et al. 2018. The family classification used here follows Last et al. (2016).
General References
Naylor, G.J.P., Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Rosana, K.A.M., Straube, N. & Lakner, C. 2012. Elasmobranch phylogeny: a mitochondrial estimate based on 595 species. pp. 31-56 in Carrier, J.C., Musick, J.A. & Heithaus, M.R. (eds.). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press 2, 666 pp.
Naylor, G.J.P., Yang, L., Corrigan, S. & Carvalho, M.R. de 2016. Phylogeny and classification of rays. pp. 10-15 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp.
Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp.
Nishida, K. 1990. Phylogeny of the suborder Myliobatidoidei. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 37(1-2): 1-108
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017]
White, W.T. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. Resurrection of the family Aetobatidae (Myliobatiformes) for the pelagic eagle rays, genus Aetobatus. Zootaxa 4139(3): 435–438
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Family PLESIOBATIDAE
Deepwater Stingray, Giant Stingaree
Compiler and date details
17 October 2019 - John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese
4 May 2011 - John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese
Introduction
The family Plesiobatidae comprises a single genus and species, Plesiobatis daviesi, found in the waters of the Indo-west-central Pacific, including Australia. Plesiobatis daviesi was previously included in the Urolophidae, but Nishida (1990) placed the species in its own family. This placement was recognised by Compagno & Last (1999), but not by Last & Stevens (1994) who retained P. daviesi in the Urolophidae, but subsequently recognised the family Plesiobatidae (Last & Stevens 2009; Séret & Last 2016, Nelson et al. 2016).
The deepwater stingray is found on the continental slope and reaches a maximum length of 2.7 m.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 1467-1468 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Nishida, K. 1990. Phylogeny of the suborder Myliobatidoidei. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 37(1-2): 1-108
Séret, B. & Last, P.R. 2016. Giant Stingarees. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 674-675 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp.
Common Name References
Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp. [61] (Deepwater Stingray)
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- Plesiobatis Nishida, K. 1990. Phylogeny of the suborder Myliobatidoidei. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 37(1-2): 1-108 [98].
Type species:
Urotrygon daviesi Wallace, 1967 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
General References
Séret, B. & Last, P.R. 2016. Giant Stingarees. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 674-675 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp.
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- Urotrygon daviesi Wallace, J.H. 1967. The batoid fishes of the east coast of southern Africa. Part 2: manta, eagle, duckbill, cownose, butterfly and sting rays. Investigational Report. Oceanographical Research Institute, Durban 16: 1-56 [8, figs 3-4].
Type data:
Holotype SAIAB 7861, Mozambique Channel, off mouth of Limpopo River, South Africa.
Paratype(s) ORI B867.
Generic Combinations
- Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967). —
Nishida, K. 1990. Phylogeny of the suborder Myliobatidoidei. Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 37(1-2): 1-108 [98] (changed combination as type of genus Plesiobatis)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Shark Bay (26ºS) to Rowley Shoals (17º36´S), WA and Townsville, QLD (19º16´S) to Wooli, NSW (29º52´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
275–680 m.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 1467-1468 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1468]
Séret, B. & Last, P.R. 2016. Giant Stingarees. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 674-675 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp.
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Plesiobatidae. pp. 1467-1468 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1467] (FAO) (Giant Stingaree)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [420] (Deepwater Stingray)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Giant Stingaree)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [17] (Giant Stingaree)
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Family MOBULIDAE
Devil Rays, Devilrays
Compiler and date details
8 September 2020 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, Gerald R. Allen & Norbert J. Cross
23 March 2017 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, Gerald R. Allen & Norbert J. Cross
18 May 2011 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, Gerald R. Allen & Norbert J. Cross
Introduction
Recent works are followed here in recognising the Mobulidae as a family (see Last & Stevens 2009, Last et al. 2016). However, other workers have treated the group was treated as a subfamiily of the Myliobatidae (Nelson 1994, 2006; Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson et al. 2016). González-Isáis & Domínguez (2004) included the group within the Myliobatidae. Notarbartolo-di-Sciara (1987) revised Mobula. Currently one genus and at least 10 species are recognised, seven species known from Australia (Last & Stevens 2009; Marshall et al. 2009, Last & White 2016, White et al. 2018, Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al. 2019). Previously two genera were recognised. The group is found worldwide in warm seas on the continental shelf. They are pelagic filter feeders.
Manta birostris has been recorded from numerous localities, but it has shown to be distinct from the sympatric Manta alfredi (Marshall et al. 2009). Consequently, many distribution records require confirmation. Other species have also frequently been confused and many early records are unreliable.
Maximum size is 9 m disc width.
General References
González-Isáis, M. & Domínguez, H.M.M. 2004. Comparative anatomy of the superfamily Myliobatoidea (Chondrichthyes) with some comments on phylogeny. Journal of Morphology 262: 517-535
Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2016. Mobulidae. pp. 741-749 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp.
Marshall, A.D, Compagno, L.J.V. & Bennett, M.B. 2009. Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa 2301: 1-28
Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp.
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.
Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G. 1987. A revisionary study of the genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae) with the description of a new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 91(1): 1-91
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017]
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Genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
- Mobula Rafinesque, C.S. 1810. Indice d'Ittiologia Siciliana. Messina : Giovanni del Nobol 70 pp. 2 pls. [48, 61].
Type species:
Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810 by monotypy. - Manta Bancroft, E.N. 1829. On the fish known in Jamaica as the sea devil (Cephalopholis manta). Zoological Journal London 4: 444-457 [444].
Type species:
Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829 (= Raja birostris Donndorff, 1798) by absolute tautonymy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017] [55]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Kashiwagi, T., Marshall, A.D., Bennett, M.B. & Ovenden, J.R. 2011. Habitat segregation and mosaic sympatry of the two species of manta ray in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Manta alfredi and M. birostris. Marine Biodiversity Records 4: e53 (8 pages)
Marshall, A.D, Compagno, L.J.V. & Bennett, M.B. 2009. Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa 2301: 1-28
Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G.S., Bennett, A.M., Broadhurst, M.K., Fernando, D., Jabado., R.W., Laglbauer, B.J L. & Stevens, G. 2019. Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(10): 1-19 [published first on-line 13 November 2019]
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017]
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05-Jun-2024 | MOBULIDAE | 21-Jan-2020 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
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Species Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868)
Alfred Manta, Australian Devil Ray, Devilfish, Inshore Manta Ray, Manta Devil Ray, Manta Ray, Munguna, Prince Alfred's Ray
- Ceratoptera alfredi Krefft, G. 1868. Ceratoptera alfredi (Prince Alfred's ray). Illustrated Sydney News 11 July 5(50): 1-16 10 figs [3] (named for Queen Victoria’s son Prince Alfred, who survived an assassination attempt in 1868 in Clontarf) [technically authorship is anonymous as the original description makes no mention of Krefft; the generic name Ceratoptera was apparently a printing error for Deratoptera - see Whitley 1936].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.1731 (original type locality given as Manly, NSW, but see Whitley, G.P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). Aust. Zool. 8(3): 164–188 [176]), Watsons Bay, Sydney Harbour, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868). —
Stead, D.G. 1906. Fishes of Australia. Sydney : William Brooks & Co. Limited 278 pp. [233]
Marshall, A.D, Compagno, L.J.V. & Bennett, M.B. 2009. Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa 2301: 1-28 (changed combination cited and species removed from synonymy) - Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft, 1868). —
Whitley, G.P. 1936. The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). The Australian Zoologist 8(3): 164-188 (correction of generic name) - Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868). —
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017] [69] (changed combination)
Introduction
Manta alfredi has only recently been shown to be distinct from Manta birostris by Marshall et al. 2009, and many earlier records of that species probably refer to this species. The species was transferred to the genus Mobula by White et al. (2018).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Perth, WA to Solitary Islands, NSW; tropical, temperate, circumglobal; because of confusion with Manta birostris, other details of distribution are uncertain; tropical, circumglobal
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [22] (as Manta alfredi)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine, pelagic.
General References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [48] (as Manta birostris, in part)
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Douglass F. Hoese & Bray, Dianne, J. 2006. Myliobatidae. pp. 205-209 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [207] (as Manta birostris, in part)
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1527] (as Manta birostris, in part)
Couturier, L.I.E., Jaine, F.R.A., Townsend, K.A., Weeks, S.J., Richardson, A.J. & Bennett, M.B. 2011. Distribution, site affinity and regional movements of the manta ray, Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868), along the east coast of Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 62: 628–637
Kashiwagi, T., Marshall, A.D., Bennett, M.B. & Ovenden, J.R. 2011. Habitat segregation and mosaic sympatry of the two species of manta ray in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Manta alfredi and M. birostris. Marine Biodiversity Records 4: e53 (8 pages) (as Manta alfredi)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [459] (as Manta birostris, in part)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [479] (as Manta birostris, in part)
Marshall, A.D, Compagno, L.J.V. & Bennett, M.B. 2009. Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa 2301: 1-28 [1]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [31] (as Manta alfredi)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [139] (as Manta birostris, in part)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [51] (in part, some distribution records probably apply to Mobula birostris.)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [31] (as Manta birostris)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [186] (as Manta birostris, in part)
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017]
White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2016. Families Myliobatidae, Aetobatidae. pp. 706-731 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp. [742]
Whitley, G.P. 1932. Studies in Ichthyology No. 6. Records of the Australian Museum 18(6): 321-348 figs 1-3 pls 36-39 [328] (as Daemomanta alfredi, with Stead as author, but subsequently corrected by Whitley 1936)
Whitley, G.P. 1936. The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). The Australian Zoologist 8(3): 164-188
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [163] (as Daemomanta alfredi, in part)
Common Name References
Marshall, A.D, Compagno, L.J.V. & Bennett, M.B. 2009. Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa 2301: 1-28 [13] (Alfred Manta, Inshore Manta Ray, Manta Ray)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [186] (Manta Devil Ray)
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [226] (Australian Devil Ray, Devilfish, Munguna, Prince Alfred's Ray)
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Species Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Manta Ray, Australian Devilray, Chevron Manta, Devil Ray, Devilfish, Giant Manta, Giant Manta Ray (CAAB name), Munguna, Oceanic Manta, Pacific Manta Ray, Pelagic Manta
- Raja birostris Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi renovati. Part 3. Petri Artedi sueci genera Piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae. Grypeswaldiae 723 pp. 3 pls. [535] [some authors attribute authorship to Donndorff, J. A. (1798). Zoologische Beiträge zue 13ten Ausgabe des Linnéschen Natursystems. Vol. 3, Ichthyologische Beiträge p. 876, regarding the useage as not binominal in Walbaum; see Whitley, G.P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). Australian Zoology 8(3): 164–188; Eschmeyer, W.N. (1998). Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 3 vols 2905 pp. argued that the usage of Walbaum in the index is binominal].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, locality unknown. - Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, E.N. 1829. On the fish known in Jamaica as the sea devil (Cephalopholis manta). Zoological Journal London 4: 444-457 [453].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Kingston, Jamaica.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792). —
Jordan, D.S. & Gilbert, C.H. 1883. A synopsis of the fishes of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 16: 1-1018 [Date published 30/Apr/1883: dated 1882] [52] - Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792). —
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017] [69] (changed combination)
Introduction
The species was considered a senior synonym of M. alfredi until recently (Marshall et al. (2009). Consequently some earlier records of M birostris were probably based on M. alfredi. The species was transferred from the genus Manta to Mobula by White et al. (2018).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Exmouth, WA and northern NSW, other records need confirmation because of confusion with Manta alfredi; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Offshore, often around oceanic islands, sometimes coastal
General References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [48] (in part)
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Douglass F. Hoese & Bray, Dianne, J. 2006. Myliobatidae. pp. 205-209 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [207] (as Manta birostris, in part)
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1527] (in part)
Duffy, C.A.J. 2015. Family Myliobatidae. pp. 201-204 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [201]
Kashiwagi, T., Marshall, A.D., Bennett, M.B. & Ovenden, J.R. 2011. Habitat segregation and mosaic sympatry of the two species of manta ray in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Manta alfredi and M. birostris. Marine Biodiversity Records 4: e53 (8 pages)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [459] (in part)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [479] (in part)
Marshall, A.D, Compagno, L.J.V. & Bennett, M.B. 2009. Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa 2301: 1-28 [1]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [19] (139, in part)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [51] (as Manta alfredi, in part)
White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2016. Families Myliobatidae, Aetobatidae. pp. 706-731 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp. [743]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (163, in part)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1527] (FAO) (Giant Manta)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [72] (Devil Ray)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [459] (Australian Devilray, Devilfish)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [31] (Manta Ray)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Manta Ray)
Whitley, G.P. 1936. Australia: Linguistics. Mankind 2(2): 42-43 [42] (as Daemomanta alfredi, in part) (Munguna)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [18] (as Manta birostris) (Manta Ray)
History of changes
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05-Jun-2024 | MYLIOBATIFORMES | 23-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
05-Jun-2024 | MOBULIDAE | 07-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
16-Apr-2012 | 22-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
17-Mar-2010 | 26-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
Species Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849)
Pygmy Devilray, Diamond Fish, Eregoodoo, Ox Ray, Ox-ray, Oxray, Pigmy Devil Ray, Pygmy Devil Ray, Smaller Devilray, Whiptail Devil Ray
- Dicerobatis eregoodoo Cantor, T.E. 1850. Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18(2): 983-1443 pls 1-14 [dated 1849] [1420].
Type data:
Neotype CAS 56095 (original localities Penang, Malaysia and Coromandel, India, based on Russell, 1803, [5, pl. 9], as Ereegoodoo-tenkee), Cambodia, Gulf of Thailand.Subsequent designation references:
Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G. 1987. A revisionary study of the genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae) with the description of a new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 91(1): 1-91 [30] (note that the neotype designation may not be valid from this publication; it was designated for usage by Cuvier, 1829, which was only a vernacular name; but could date to Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 2019). - Cephaloptera eregoodootenkee Bleeker, P. 1859. Enumeratio specierum piscium hucusque in Archipelago indico observatarum, adjectis habitationibus citationibusque, ubi descriptiones earum recentiores reperiuntur, nec non speciebus Musei Bleekeriani Bengalensibus, Japonicis, Capensibus Tasmanicisque. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 6: 1-276 [214] [this name first dated from Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation. Poissons. Paris : Fortin, Masson et Co. pp. 122–406., but it was named in footnote without genus as 'Eregoodoo-tenkee, Russ. I, 9'; usage is considered vernacular, see Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences pp. 3 vols 2905.; Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397–2068. also noted that the species might be a junior synonym of M. diabolus].
Type data:
Neotype CAS 56095 (probably a different species from the original), Gulf of Thailand off Cambodia, about 1 mile east of Goh Choaw.Subsequent designation references:
Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G. 1987. A revisionary study of the genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae) with the description of a new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 91(1): 1-91 [30].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G.S., Bennett, A.M., Broadhurst, M.K., Fernando, D., Jabado., R.W., Laglbauer, B.J L. & Stevens, G. 2019. Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(10): 1-19 [published first on-line 13 November 2019] [2]
Generic Combinations
- Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). —
Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G.S., Bennett, A.M., Broadhurst, M.K., Fernando, D., Jabado., R.W., Laglbauer, B.J L. & Stevens, G. 2019. Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(10): 1-19 [published first on-line 13 November 2019] [2] (changed combination, previously treated as a synonym of other species) - Mobula eregoodootenkee (Bleeker, 1859). —
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 36: 1-528 pls 1-77 [451] (changed combination, as eregoodoo-tenkee)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp.
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Douglass F. Hoese & Bray, Dianne, J. 2006. Myliobatidae. pp. 205-209 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [207]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Mobula diabola non Shaw, 1804. —
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [226] (misidentification)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [19] - Mobula kuhlii (non Valenciennea, 1841). —
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017] (in part, considered to be a senior synonym)
Introduction
The species was previously considered to be a synonym of Mobula kuhlii (see White et al.2018). Consequently there has been some confusion and some records of the two species require confirmation.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Exmouth and Coral Bay, WA, Timor Sea, NT and Wheeler Reef, Qld (c. 18°48'S) southwards to northern NSW (c. 29°10'S); tropical, Indo-west-Pacific
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [307] (as Mobula eregoodootenkee)
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 (as Mobula eregoodootenkee)
- Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G.S., Bennett, A.M., Broadhurst, M.K., Fernando, D., Jabado., R.W., Laglbauer, B.J L. & Stevens, G. 2019. Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(10): 1-19 [published first on-line 13 November 2019]
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, continental shelf, marine, pelagic.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. (as Mobula eregoodootenkee possibly in part)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [460] (as Mobula eregoodootenkee possibly in part)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [480] (as Mobula eregoodootenkee possibly in part)
White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (162, as Mobula diabolus, a misidentification)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1527] (as Mobula eregoodootenkee) (Pygmy Devilray)
Daley, R.K., Stevens, J.D., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Field Guide to Australian Sharks & Rays. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 84 pp. [77] (as Mobula eregoodootenkee) (Oxray)
Fishnames 2017. Australian Fish Names Database. http://www.fishnames.com.au/ (as Mobula eregoodootenkee) (Pygmy Devilray)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [72] (as Mobula diabolus) (Ox-ray, Pigmy Devil Ray)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [460] (as Mobula eregoodootenkee) (Diamond Fish, Eregoodoo, Ox Ray, Smaller Devilray)
Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G.S., Bennett, A.M., Broadhurst, M.K., Fernando, D., Jabado., R.W., Laglbauer, B.J L. & Stevens, G. 2019. Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(10): 1-19 [published first on-line 13 November 2019] (Pygmy Devil Ray)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [185] (as Mobula diabolus) (Whiptail Devil Ray)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 (as Mobula eregoodootenkee) (Pygmy Devilray)
History of changes
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MYLIOBATIFORMES | 08-Sep-2020 | ADDED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
- Cephaloptera kuhlii Valenciennes, A. 1841. Cephaloptera Kuhlii. Valenc. p. 185, pl. 59 in Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin : Veit & Co. pp. 103-200 pls. [p. 185, pl. 59] [authorship sometimes attributed to Müller & Henle, but those authors attribute authorship to Valenciennes].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 1596, India.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2008.12.1.1 skin.Subsequent designation references:
Séret, B. & McEachran, J.D. 1987. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) Poissons batoïdes (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Batoidea). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animale [Paris, published 1979-1996] 4 8(4 suppl.): 3-50 [26].
Generic Combinations
- Mobula kuhlii (Valenciennes, 1841). —
Whitley, G.P. 1936. The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). The Australian Zoologist 8(3): 164-188 [186] (changed combination cited)
Introduction
The species was misidentified in early literature as Mobula diabolus or M diabola (a mispelling). That name is now regarded as a synonym of as M. mobular. Subsequently it was typically treated as Mobula eregoodootenkee, but now regarded as distinct or with that species a synonym of M. kuhlii. Early records are not completely reliable. The presence and distribution of the species in Australia needs clarification. Tentatively we treat it only as recorded from Australia.
Distribution
Recorded from "Australia".
Extra Distribution Information
Locations in Australia uncertain; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
To 50 m
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1528] (not recorded from Australia)
White, W.T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S.A., Pogonoski, J.J. & Mana, R.R. 2017. Sharks and Rays of Papua New Guinea. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Monograph Series 189: 1-327 [288]
White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2016. Families Myliobatidae, Aetobatidae. pp. 706-731 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp. [745] (in part)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Gymnuridae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. pp. 1505-1529 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1528] (Lesser Devilray)
History of changes
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05-Jun-2024 | MYLIOBATIFORMES | 20-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
05-Jun-2024 | 18-May-2011 | MOVED | ||
16-Apr-2012 | 18-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
26-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |
- Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788.
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, near Marseille, France, Mediterranean Sea. - Cephaloptera japanica Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin : Veit & Co. pp. 103-200 pls. [185].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D2440 dry specimen, Japan.Subsequent designation references:
Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5 [228]. - Raja diabolus Shaw, G. 1804. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History. Fishes. London : G. Kearsley Vol. 5 1-463 pls 1(or 93)-182. [291] [derivation from the Latin noun diabolus = devil].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (based on literature sources), Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(1): 50-75 [published online 24 June 2017] [63]
Generic Combinations
- Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841). —
Jordan, D.S. & Fowler, H.W. 1903. A review of the elasmobranchiate fishes of Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26(1324): 593-674 figs 1-10 pls 26-27 [606]
Duffy, C.A.J. 2015. Family Myliobatidae. pp. 201-204 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [203] - Dicerohatis japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841). —
Günther, A. 1870. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, [thru] Leptocardii, in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 8 549 pp. [496] - Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788). —
Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Checklist of living elasmobranchs. In, Hamlett, W.C. (ed.). Sharks, Skates, and Rays: the Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. Baltimore & London : John Hopkins University Press 515 pp. [498] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Off Fraser Island, QLD (25º31´S) and Lake Macquarie, NSW (32º59´S); tropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [307] (as Mobula japanica)
- Kyne, P.M., Johnson, J.W., Courtney, A.J. & Bennett, M.B. 2005. New biogeographical information on Queensland chrondrichthyans. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 321-327 [326] (as Mobula japanica)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic.
General References
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Douglass F. Hoese & Bray, Dianne, J. 2006. Myliobatidae. pp. 205-209 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [208] (as Mobula japanica)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [481] (as Mobula japanica)
White, W.T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S.A., Pogonoski, J.J. & Mana, R.R. 2017. Sharks and Rays of Papua New Guinea. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Monograph Series 189: 1-327 [290]
White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2016. Families Myliobatidae, Aetobatidae. pp. 706-731 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp. [746]
Common Name References
Duffy, C.A.J. 2015. Family Myliobatidae. pp. 201-204 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [203] (Spinetailed Devil Ray)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Japanese Devilray)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [18] (as Mobula japanica) (Japanese Devilray)
History of changes
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05-Jun-2024 | MYLIOBATIFORMES | 23-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
05-Jun-2024 | MOBULIDAE | 10-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
05-Jun-2024 | 18-May-2011 | MOVED | ||
16-Apr-2012 | 18-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
17-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |
- Cephaloptera tarapacana Philippi, R.A. 1892. Algunos peces de Chile. Las rayas, Callorrhynchus i Orthagoriscus Chilenos. Anales del Museo Histórico Nacional de Chile, Primera Seccion (Zool.) 3: 1-16 [8, pl. 3 (fig. 2)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, 12 miles west of Iquique, Tarapacà Province, Chile.
Generic Combinations
- Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892). —
Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Checklist of living elasmobranchs. In, Hamlett, W.C. (ed.). Sharks, Skates, and Rays: the Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. Baltimore & London : John Hopkins University Press 515 pp. [498] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Off Bermagui, NSW; tropical, circumglobal
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, pelagic.
General References
Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2016. Mobulidae. pp. 741-749 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp. [748]
Common Name References
Duffy, C.A.J. & Vogiatzis, A. 2016. First record of the sicklefin devilray Mobula tarapacana (Myliobatiformes: Mobulidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 4126(1): 141–145 (Sicklefin Devilray)
FAO-FIES 2015. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. 13/04/2015. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Chilean Devil Ray)
History of changes
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05-Jun-2024 | MYLIOBATIFORMES | 20-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
MOBULIDAE | 23-Mar-2017 | ADDED | Dr Doug Hoese |