For other uses of "Devil Fish" or "Devilfish", see Devilfish.
Devil fish
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Superorder:
Batoidea
Order:
Myliobatiformes
Family:
Mobulidae
Genus:
Mobula
Species:
M. mobular
Binomial name
Mobula mobular
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
Synonyms[3]
Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798
Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810
Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803)
Cephaloptera tatraniana van Hasselt, 1823
Cephalopterus edentula Griffini, 1903
Cephalopterus giornae (Lacepède, 1803)
Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810
Dicerobatis giornae (Lacepède, 1803)
Manta mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810
Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804) (ambiguous synonym)
Raia fabroniana Lacepède, 1800
Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788
Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804
Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803
Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768
The devil fish or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is currently listed as endangered, mostly due to bycatch mortality in unrelated fisheries.
^Marshall, A.; Barreto, R.; Carlson, J.; Fernando, D.; Fordham, S.; Francis, M.P.; Herman, K.; Jabado, R.W.; Liu, K.M.; Rigby, C.L.; Romanov, E. (2020) [amended version of 2019 assessment]. "Mobula mobular". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110847130A176550858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110847130A176550858.en. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
The devilfish or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is currently listed as endangered, mostly due to bycatch...
devilfish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Devilfish or devilfish may refer to: Devilfish (Mobula mobular), a species of eagle ray Devilfish, a name...
7 m (22 ft) of Devils Hole was constructed at Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility, which was populated with eggs taken from Devils Hole in winter months...
oceanic whitetip shark has declined by 99% in the Gulf of Mexico. The devilfish, a large ray, is threatened. The porbeagle shark is threatened. In parts...
directed by Lamberto Bava. It was also released in various countries as DevilFish, Monster from the Red Ocean, Devouring Waves and Shark: Red in the Ocean...
Fish vary greatly in size. The whale shark and basking shark exceed all other fish by a considerable margin in weight and length. Fish are a paraphyletic...
diablo (devilfish) pleco water old lady (vieja del agua) janitor fish municipal fish – 'ikan bandaraya' in Malay suckermouth catfish sweeper fish – 'ikan...
dorsal slit-like spiracles, traits which they share with the devilfish and Chilean devil ray. The scientific naming of mantas has had a convoluted history...
eastern blue devil, blue-tipped long-fin or Bleeker's blue devilfish, is a species of fish in the family Plesiopidae. This colourful, secretive fish is endemic...
patches and white mottling on its dark skin. Gray whales were once called devilfish because of their fighting behavior when hunted. The gray whale is the...
called all-mouth, American anglerfish, American monkfish, bellows-fish, devil-fish, headfish, molligut, satchel-mouth, or wide-gape. It is native to the...
they wait for prey. Among fishes, the warteye stargazer buries itself nearly completely in the sand and waits for prey. The devil scorpionfish typically...
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) (palawa kani: purinina) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was formerly present across...
1873, from the concluding lines of his 1875 book The Octopus; or, the "devil-fish" of fiction and of fact. For a time in the late 19th century, almost every...
Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devilfish, wolf eel (the common name for its Pacific relative), woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae...
A fish (pl.: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits...
"V: The octopus out of water". Aquarium Notes – The Octopus; or, the "devil-fish" of fiction and of fact. London: Chapman and Hall. pp. 38–39. OCLC 1544491...
they will attack men. Near Brecq-Hou, in Sark, they show a cave where a devil-fish a few years since seized and drowned a lobster-fisher. Peron and Lamarck...
Species: Spiny devilfish Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 03-22-2010. Scott Michael (Winter 2001). "Speak of the devil: fish in the genus...
tied to a tree, so as to prevent the fish from going out with the tide. It was a happy thought, for the devilfish found himself effectually moored to...
add feet to the fish and inscribe "Darwin" in the body. Others make reference to sushi, sharks, the food chain, fast food, the devil or death. How are...
as sea goblin, demon stinger or devil stinger, is a Western Pacific member of the Inimicus genus of venomous fishes, closely related to the true stonefishes...
Deviled eggs, also known as stuffed eggs, curried eggs or dressed eggs, are hard-boiled eggs that have been peeled, cut in half, and filled with the yolk...
Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the devilfish. Devilfish was launched on 30 May 1943 by Cramp Shipbuilding Company,...
"V: The octopus out of water". Aquarium Notes – The Octopus; or, the "devil-fish" of fiction and of fact. London: Chapman and Hall. pp. 38–39. OCLC 1544491...
Global Information
