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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.
Mobula mobular. 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]
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 Mobulidae family is a family of rays, manta rays and devilfish specifically, consisting of 10 species. The IUCN suggests that the species should be considered conspecific with the devil fish (Mobula mobular) [3] [4] Due to its low population growth and low reproduction rates, there isn't much variability or "branch off" species from M ...
After combining the data, researchers found “180 sightings and 361 individual sicklefin devil rays (which were) gathered between 1996 and 2022 in the waters off the US east coast and Gulf of ...
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 ...
Two genera have been traditionally recognized, Manta and Mobula, but recent DNA analysis shows that Mobula as traditionally recognized is paraphyletic to manta rays, making Manta a junior synonym of Mobula and Mobula the only extant genus of the family.
Tampa Bay Rays, an American League baseball team based St. Petersburg, Florida, known as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1998–2007; Several of the franchise's affiliated minor league baseball teams use "Devil Rays" or "Rays" as a nickname: Southwest Michigan Devil Rays of Battle Creek, Michigan, in the single 'A' Class Midwest League