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The genus was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810 describing the devil fish, Raia mobular or now Mobula mobular.The name can be explained from Latin mobilis "mobile" or "movable", because of the species' migratory habits; [7] [8] another explanation is that mobula is a local name used by people living in Azores who call this creature there.
The devil fish is larger than its close relative the lesser devil ray. It grows to a length of disk 3.5 metres (11 ft), making it one of the largest rays. It possesses a spiny tail. [4] The devil fish is the third largest species in the genus Mobula, after the oceanic and reef manta rays. It is the only mobulid species that lives in the ...
The Mobulidae have been variously considered a subfamily of the Myliobatidae by some authors, [2] [3] and a distinct family by others, but recent work favors the latter. [4] ...
Mobula munkiana, commonly known as the manta de monk, Munk's devil ray, pygmy devil ray, smoothtail mobula, or Munk’s pygmy devil ray, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. They are commonly mistaken for their close relatives, M. thurstoni (bentfin devil ray) and M. mobular (giant devil ray). [ 3 ]
The spinetail mobula ray is a large ray which can grow up to a maximal width of 3.1 m (10 ft); average width is 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in). [7] [8] Like most rays, it is dorsoventrally flattened, also known as a depressed body form, and has relatively large triangular pectoral fins on either side of the main body disc that sit slightly convex.
Mobula kuhlii, the shortfin devil ray, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is endemic to the Indian Ocean and central-west Pacific Ocean . It ranges from South Africa , Mozambique , Tanzania and the Seychelles in the west to the Philippines and Indonesia in the east, and southward to the northern coast of Australia .
It has a small dorsal fin and the tail is long and whip-like. The manta ray does not have a spiny tail as do the closely related devil rays (Mobula spp.) but has a knob-like bulge at the base of its tail. [10] The skin is smooth with a scattering of conical and ridge-shaped tubercles.
The Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana), also known as the box ray, greater Guinean mobula, sicklefin devil ray or the spiny mobula, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. [1] It is often observed worldwide, basking just below the surface in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate oceans, [ 3 ] mainly offshore, and occasionally ...