Species Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892)
Chilean Devil Ray, Sicklefin Devilray
- 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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 | MYLIOBATIFORMES | 20-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| MOBULIDAE | 23-Mar-2017 | ADDED | Dr Doug Hoese |