Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841 )

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 101

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scientific name

Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841 )
status

 

Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) View in CoL View at ENA

Shortfin Devil Ray

Cephaloptera kuhlii Valenciennes in M̹ller & Henle, 1841: 185 View in CoL , pl. 59 (left). Lectotype: MNHN 0000-1596. Type locality: India.

Local synonymy: Mobula kuhlii: Barnard, 1925: 86 View in CoL , fig. 2, pl. 5; Barnard, 1959: 28, fig. 8, pl. 4; Compagno et al., 1989: 116, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 982; White & Last, 2016c: 745, fig. 33.4; Stevens et al., 2018: 86, figs. Mobula diabolus: Smith, 1943: 75 View in CoL ; Smith, 1949a: 72, fig. 87; Compagno, 1986: 135, fig. 29.2.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 4361, SAIAB 7883, SAIAB 7884, SAIAB 12821, SAIAB 13337, SAIAB 44353, SAIAB 75577, SAIAB 75578, SAIAB 75579, SAIAB 207689.

South African distribution: Port Alfred (EC) to northern KZN.

Remarks: The specific identification in Barnard (1925) was provisional based only on the color of a specimen cast and the fact that M. kuhlii had previously been recorded in Zanzibar. The proportions of the cephalic lobes in the drawing ( Barnard, 1925: pl. 5) are suggestive of M. kuhlii (see Notarbartolo di Sciara et al., 2020, fig. 3). See Remarks under M. eregoodoo for relationship with that species.

Conservation status: EN (2020).

Barnard, K. H. (1925) A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part I (Amphioxus, Cyclostomata, Elasmobranchii, and Teleostei-Isospondyli to Heterosomata). Annals of the South African Museum, 21, 1 - 418.

Barnard, K. H. (1959) A Pictorial Guide to South African Fishes. Marine and Freshwater. Maskew Miller Ltd, Cape Town, 226 pp.

Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Pristidae, Narkidae, Rhinobatidae, Myliobatidae, Mobulidae, Dasyatidae, Chimaeridae, Rhinochimaeridae, Callorhinchidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 110 - 142, 144 - 147.

Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.

Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406

Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the Lost Sharks of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730

M ʾ ller, J. & Henle, F. G. J. (1841) s. n. In: Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Plagiostomen, Berlin, pp. 103 - 200.

Last, P. R., White, W. T. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2016 c) Sawfishes. Family Pristidae. In: Last, P. R., White, W. T., de Carvalho, M. E., Seret, B., Stehmann, M. F. W. & Naylor, G. J. P. (Eds.), Rays of the World. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, pp. 58 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109148

Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Adnet, S., Bennett, M., Broadhurst, M. K., Fernando, D., Jabado, R. W., Laglbauer, B. J. L. & Stevens, G. (2020) Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30 (1), 104 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / aqc. 3230

Smith, J. L. B. (1943) Interesting new fishes of three genera new to South Africa, with a note on Mobula diabolus (Shaw). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 30 (1), 67 - 77. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359194309519831

Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.

Stevens, G., Fernando, D., Dando, M. & Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. (2018) Guide to the Manta & Devil Rays of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 144 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1515 / 9780691207216

Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874

SAIAB

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Myliobatiformes

Family

Myliobatidae

Genus

Mobula