Mobula thurstoni ( Lloyd, 1908 )

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 : 102

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scientific name	Mobula thurstoni ( Lloyd, 1908 )
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Mobula thurstoni ( Lloyd, 1908) View in CoL View at ENA

Bentfin Devil Ray

Dicerobatis thurstoni Lloyd, 1908: 179 View in CoL , fig. 3, pl. 4 (fig. 2). Syntypes: Madras Museum (whereabouts unknown). Type locality: India.

Local synonymy: Mobula thurstoni: Compagno et al., 1989: 118 View in CoL , pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 107, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 982; White & Last, 2016c: 749, fig. 33.8; Stevens et al., 2018: 106, figs.

South Africa voucher material: None.

South African distribution: Algoa Bay (EC) to KZN border with Mozambique .

Remarks: Records on the occurrence of Mobula species in South African waters should be re-examined and reviewed to clarify the status of those occurring in these waters.

Conservation status: EN (2019).