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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Elasmobranchii (class)  »  Myliobatiformes (order)  »  Mobulidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 041004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mobula birostris   (Walbaum, 1792)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Family: 37 41 Mobulidae (Devilrays) - show full list Standard Name: Giant Manta Ray Common Names List: manta ray Giant Manta Organism Type: a devilray Synonyms: Manta birostris [in most publications prior to 2017] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m) Parent Codes: 37 041902     Mobula spp. Previous Codes (if any): 041004

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 200 m.

Taxon Notes:	Updated from Manta birostris after the phylogenetic study of White et al 2017 showed the genus Manta to nest within genus Mobula (ie Manta is a junior synonym of Mobula).
Scientific Name Notes:	Mobula birostris is widespread in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. In Australia it has been reliably recorded from central WA and off NSW. Due to past confusion with M. alfredi, its Australian distribution needs to be resolved.
Common/Standard Name Notes:	Provisional common name (species in standard names list but previous name "Manta Ray" not sufficiently specific)
Identifiers:	FoA 2035 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1026118 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-08-22 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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