Galapagos Species Database
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Mobula mobular
Manta de aguijón, Spinetail mobula
(Mobula j.) Shared characters between M. rancureli and Mobula japanica: teeth, placoid scales, and branchial filter morphologies, morphometrics, presence of tail spine, distinctive shape and coloration of dorsal fin, and general shape of body and coloration (Ref. 50641).Dark blue to black above, white below. Inner surface of cephalic fins silver grey with black tip, outer surface and side behind eye white (Ref. 11228).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Myliobatidae
Genus
Mobula
Species
mobular
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798, Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810, Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803), Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841, 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), Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841), Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841), Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959, 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 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
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"Galapagos Species Database, Mobula mobular", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20167. Accessed 1 July 2025.