Devil fish

Devil fish
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Mobulidae
Genus:	Mobula
Species:	M. mobular
Binomial name
	Mobula mobular; (Bonnaterre, 1788)
	Range map of the devil fish
Synonyms
	Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798 ; Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810 ; Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803) ; 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) (ambiguous synonym) ; 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 ;

The devil fish or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is currently listed as endangered, mostly due to bycatch mortality in unrelated fisheries.

^ Marshall, A.; Barreto, R.; Carlson, J.; Fernando, D.; Fordham, S.; Francis, M.P.; Herman, K.; Jabado, R.W.; Liu, K.M.; Rigby, C.L.; Romanov, E. (2022) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Mobula mobular". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T110847130A214381504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110847130A214381504.en. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly (2021). "Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[iucn-1] Marshall, A.; Barreto, R.; Carlson, J.; Fernando, D.; Fordham, S.; Francis, M.P.; Herman, K.; Jabado, R.W.; Liu, K.M.; Rigby, C.L.; Romanov, E. (2022) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Mobula mobular". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T110847130A214381504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110847130A214381504.en. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[2] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[3] Froese, R. and D. Pauly (2021). "Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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Devil fish

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Mobulidae
Genus:	Mobula
Species:	M. mobular
Binomial name
*Mobula mobular* (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Range map of the devil fish
Synonyms^[3]
Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798 Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810 Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803) 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) (ambiguous synonym) 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

Devil fish

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