Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Mobulidae Devilrays

(See list of species below)

Select Class:	Select Order:
Select Family:	Subfamily:	Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):

Select a country:

Only include species occuring above:

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional). Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)

Show family drawing(s)

11 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Photo by Henke, M.

Mobula alfredi
[Alfred manta]

Photo by Photo by Marshall, A.

Mobula birostris
[Giant manta]

Photo by Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Mobula eregoodootenkee
[Longhorned mobula]

Photo by Photo by Nunes, J.L.S.

Mobula hypostoma
[Lesser devil ray]

Photo by Photo by Khan, M.M.

Mobula japanica
[Spinetail mobula]

Photo by Photo by FAO

Mobula kuhlii
[Shortfin devil ray]

Photo by Photo by Minguell, C.

Mobula mobular
[Devil fish]

Photo by Photo by Wirtz, P.

Mobula munkiana
[Munk's devil ray]

Photo by Photo by FAO

Mobula rochebrunei
[Lesser Guinean devil ray]

Photo by Photo by Wirtz, P.

Mobula tarapacana
[Chilean devil ray]

Photo by Photo by Notarbartolo di Sciara, G.

Mobula thurstoni
[Smoothtail mobula]

Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file

n = 11

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Mobula alfredi	Alfred manta	Indo-West Pacific	500 WD	1868
Mobula birostris	Giant manta	Circumglobal, tropical to	910 WD	1792
Mobula eregoodootenkee	Longhorned mobula	Indo-West Pacific	100 WD	1859
Mobula hypostoma	Lesser devil ray	Western Atlantic	230 WD	1831
Mobula japanica	Spinetail mobula	Indo-Pacific	310 WD	1841
Mobula kuhlii	Shortfin devil ray	Indo-West Pacific	120 WD	1841
Mobula mobular	Devil fish	Probably circumglobal in	520 WD	1788
Mobula munkiana	Munk's devil ray	Eastern Pacific	220 WD	1987
Mobula rochebrunei	Lesser Guinean devil ray	Eastern Atlantic	133 WD	1879
Mobula tarapacana	Chilean devil ray	Circumtropical, recorded	328 WD	1892
Mobula thurstoni	Smoothtail mobula	Circumglobal in tropical	220 WD	1908

Other identification tools in FishBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.

cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, , php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 , last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013

Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Mobulidae Devilrays(See list of species below)

Family: Mobulidae Devilrays

(See list of species below)