Species Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849)

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• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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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)

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