Species details : Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Accepted scientific name:
Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Mobula japanica  (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Synonyms:
Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841
Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Stekelstert-mobula - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Pasa-pasa - Bikol Philippines(Albay and Camarines Sur; Batan and Rapu-Rapu; Cata) Click here to show the literature
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Pighalet djævlerokke - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Gestekelde duivelsrog - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Devilray - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Japanese devil ray - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Japanese devil ray - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Japanese devil ray - English Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Japanese devilray - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Manta - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Manta ray - English New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Spinetail devil ray - English New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Spinetail mobula - English - Click here to show the literature
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Spinetail mobula - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Spinetail mobula - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Mante aiguillat - French France Click here to show the literature
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Japanischer Rochen - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Itomaki-ei - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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쥐가오리 Jwigaori Korean - Click here to show the literature
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兰氏鲾鲼 Lan shi fu fen Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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日本蝠魟 Ri ben fu hong Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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日本蝠魟 Rih ben fu hong Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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日本蝠鱝 Rih ben fu fen Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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日本蝠鲼 Ri ben fu fen Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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蘭氏鰏鱝 Lan shih fu fen Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Manta de aguijón - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Manta de espina - Spanish Mexico(Pacific Coast.) Click here to show the literature
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Fafarua - Tuamotuan Tuamoto Islands Click here to show the literature
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Cá Ó dơi Nhật Bản - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Elasmobranchii FishBase
Order Myliobatiformes FishBase
Family Myliobatidae FishBase
Genus Mobula FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: off South Africa, the Arabian Sea eastward to the Hawaiian Islands and Polynesia. Eastern Pacific: on the continental coast. Eastern Atlantic: Côte d'Ivoire but may probably be more wide-ranging. This has to be critically compared with Mobula mobular of the Mediterranean Sea and nominally elsewhere in the North Atlantic.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=2587
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fda116cd-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401