Devil ray - Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Quick facts
Threat status Europe | Endangered (IUCN) |
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Protected by | 2 international agreements |
Distribution
Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
World
Endangered
Europe
Endangered
EU
Not evaluated
EU conservation status
The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Legal text | Annex | Conditions | More information |
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Memorandum of understanding on the conservation of migratory sharks - under Bonn Convention (Sharks MOU) | http://www.cms.int/sharks/en | ||
Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol) | Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Barcelona Convention Protocol. See there for more details. |
http://rac-spa.org/protocol
http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf |
Common names and synonyms
Common Name | Language | Reference |
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Baqra | Maltese | Fishbase |
Devil ray | English | Fishbase |
Devilfish | English | Fishbase |
Diabo-do-mar | Portuguese | Fishbase |
Diavol de mare | Romanian | Fishbase |
Diavolo di mare | Italian | Fishbase |
Giant devilray | English | Fishbase |
Kleine dulvelsrog | Dutch | Fishbase |
Kleiner Teufelsrochen | German | Fishbase |
Lope deti | Albanian | Fishbase |
Manta | Maltese | Fishbase |
Manta | Spanish | Fishbase |
Mante | French | Fishbase |
Mobula | Polish | Fishbase |
Raja tal-qrun | Maltese | Fishbase |
Sarvirausku | Finnish | Fishbase |
Seláhi kephalóptero | Greek | Fishbase |
Synonym | Author |
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Raia mobular | Bonnaterre, 1788 |
Cephaloptera giorna | (Lacepède, 1803) |
Dicerobatis giornae | (Lacepède, 1803) |
Cephalopterus giornae | (Lacepède, 1803) |
Manta mobular | (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
Cephalopterus edentula | Griffini, 1903 |
Raja giorna | Lacepède, 1803 |
Raia fabroniana | Lacepède,1800 |
Raja cephaloptera | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
Cephalopterus massena | Risso, 1810 |
Apterurus fabroni | Rafinesque, 1810 |
Mobula auriculata | Rafinesque, 1810 |
Cephaloptera tatraniana | van Hasselt, 1823 |
Squalus edentulus | Brünnich, 1768 |
Aodon cornu | Lacepède, 1798 |
Other resources
CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
Fauna Europaea search | Fauna Europaea |
FishBase | FishBase |
GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
ITIS (Valid name) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
Wikipedia | Wikipedia |
WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |