Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
Gender: F; Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 48, 61
Type: M. auriculata Rafinesque = Raia mobular Bonnaterre, by monotypy.
Synonyms
Apterurus Rafinesque, 1810, Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 48, 62 (type: A. fabroni Rafinesque = Raja fabronia Lacepède, by monotypy).
Cephalopterus Risso, 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 14 (type: Raja giorna Lacepède, by subs. design. of Jordan, 1917: 77), preoccupied by Cephalopterus E. Geoffroy SaintHilaire, 1809 (Aves).
Dicerobatus Blainville, 1816, Buu. soc. philomath. Paris, 8: 120 (erroneously quoted as 112) (type: Raja mobular Lacepède = R. mobular Bonnaterre, by monotypy).
Cephaloptera Cuvier, 1817, Règne anim., 2: 138 (type: Raja cephaloptera Schneider, by absolute tautonymy).
Dicerobatis Blainville, 1820-1830, in Vieillot, Faune franç,., (2) 2: 40-41 (to replace Dicerobatus Blainville, 1816, and having therefore the same type species).
Pterocephala Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Fish. Amph. Rept., 2: 321 (type: R. giorna Lacepede, by monotypy).