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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
  • AFD
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) synonym
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Published in:Jordan, D.S. & Gilbert, C.H. 1883, "A synopsis of the fishes of North America", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 16, 1-1018 p52
Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Bancroft, E.N. 1829, "On the fish known in Jamaica as the sea devil (Cephalopholis manta)", Zoological Journal London, vol. 4, 444-457 p453
Raja birostris Walbum, 1792 synonym
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Published in:Walbaum, J.J. 1792, "Petri Artedi renovati" p535
Common Name Source
Manta Ray preferred Australia Australia
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Australian Devilray Australia Australia
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Chevron Manta Australia Australia
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Devil Ray Australia Australia
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Devilfish Australia Australia
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Giant Manta Australia Australia
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Giant Manta Ray Australia Australia
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Giant Manta Ray Australia Australia
Munguna Australia Australia
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Oceanic Manta Australia Australia
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Pacific Manta Ray Australia Australia
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Pelagic Manta Australia Australia
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Name Source
Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792) accepted
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Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/37dd0455-e35f-483b-882a-ad959a5c96d2 Taxon current
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/37dd0455-e35f-483b-882a-ad959a5c96d2 Taxon unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/37dd0455-e35f-483b-882a-ad959a5c96d2 Taxon Concept current
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37041004 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d60e8534-226b-4a82-9187-e21018b48727 Scientific Name current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:37dd0455-e35f-483b-882a-ad959a5c96d2 Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f1f60863-4d0a-420c-977a-600c7bae6af6 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
informal
Pisces
class
CHONDRICHTHYES
subclass
ELASMOBRANCHII
order
MYLIOBATIFORMES
family
MOBULIDAE
genus
Mobula
species
Mobula birostris
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