Smoothtail Mobula - Mobula thurstoni

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Mobula thurstoni
Author (Lloyd, 1908)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 161000
Common Names Spanish: manta doblada
English: smoothtail mobula
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Chondrichthyes
        Subclass: Elasmobranchii
          Superorder: Euselachii
            Order: Myliobatiformes
              Family: Mobulidae
                Genus: Mobula
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN161000
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)3
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets1
Year2023
Latitude-5.09 - -5.07
Longitude11.69 - 11.71
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