Mobula
| Mobula Temporal range: 34–0 Ma | |
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| Mobula sp breaching, Baja California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Mobulinae |
| Genus: | Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 |
Mobula is a genus of ray in the family Myliobatidae (eagle rays).[2] Their appearance is similar to that of manta rays, which are in the same family. Species of this genera are often collectively referred to as "devil rays", "flying mobula" or simply "flying rays", due to their propensity for breaching, sometimes in a spectacular manner. The devil fish can attain a disc width of up to 5.2 m (17 ft) and can probably weigh over a ton,[3] second only to the Manta species in size. Despite their size, little is known about this genus, much of it being from anecdotal accounts.
Species
FishBase recognizes the following species:
- Mobula eregoodootenkee Bleeker, 1859 (Pygmy devil ray)
- Mobula hypostoma Bancroft, 1831 (Lesser devil ray)
- Mobula japanica J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Spinetail mobula)
- Mobula kuhlii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Shortfin devil ray)
- Mobula mobular Bonnaterre, 1788 (Devil fish)
- Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo di Sciara, 1987 (Munk's devil ray)
- Mobula rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879 (Lesser Guinean devil ray)
- Mobula tarapacana Philippi {Krumweide}, 1892 (Chilean devil ray)
- Mobula thurstoni Lloyd, 1908 (Bentfin devil ray)
- Mobula sp. Not yet described (Borneo devilray)
Gallery
School in Mexico
See also
Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Mobula in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7618
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Mobula in FishBase. February 2011 version.
External links
- Photo gallery of Mobulas — photographer: Michael Albert
- Videos and information about several Mobula species — ARKive.org
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