Mobula
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| Mobula Fossil range: Early Oligocene to Present[1] |
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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.
Mobula rays in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) have been reported to breach as high as 2 metres above the sea,[3].
[edit] Species
Fishbase recognizes the following species:
- Pygmy devil ray, Mobula eregoodootenkee (Bleeker, 1859).
- Lesser devil ray, Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831).
- Spinetail mobula, Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841).
- Shortfin devil ray, Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841).
- Devil fish, Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788).
- Munk's devil ray, Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, 1987.
- Lesser Guinean devil ray, Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879).
- Chilean devil ray, Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1893).
- Smooth-tail mobula, Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd, 1908).
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
- ^ "Mobula". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- ^ Paul and Michael Albert (26 June 2005). The Flying Mobulas of the Sea of Cortez.
