Devil fish

For other uses of "Devil Fish" or "Devilfish", see Devilfish.

Devil fish
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: Mobula
Species:
M. mobular
Binomial name
Mobula mobular
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
Range map of the devil fish
Synonyms[3]
  • Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798
  • Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810
  • Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803)
  • Cephaloptera tatraniana van Hasselt, 1823
  • Cephalopterus edentula Griffini, 1903
  • Cephalopterus giornae (Lacepède, 1803)
  • Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810
  • Dicerobatis giornae (Lacepède, 1803)
  • Manta mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
  • Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810
  • Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804) (ambiguous synonym)
  • Raia fabroniana Lacepède, 1800
  • Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788
  • Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804
  • Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803
  • Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768

The devil fish or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is currently listed as endangered, mostly due to bycatch mortality in unrelated fisheries.

  1. ^ Marshall, A.; Barreto, R.; Carlson, J.; Fernando, D.; Fordham, S.; Francis, M.P.; Herman, K.; Jabado, R.W.; Liu, K.M.; Rigby, C.L.; Romanov, E. (2020) [amended version of 2019 assessment]. "Mobula mobular". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110847130A176550858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110847130A176550858.en. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly (2021). "Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2021.