Mobula kuhlii, (MULLER & HENLE, 1841)

White, William T, Corrigan, Shannon, Yang, Lei, Henderson, Aaron C, Bazinet, Adam L, Swofford, David L & Naylor, Gavin J P, 2018, Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: obulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182 (1), pp. 50-75 : 69-70

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MOBULA KUHLII ( MÜLLER & HENLE, 1841) View in CoL

BMNH 1870.8.31.68-69 (syntypes of Dicerobatis draco ), 2 male embryos, 36.8 and 34.6 cm DW, Misol Island , West Papua, Indonesia ; CAS 56095 About CAS (neotype of M. eregoodootenkee ), adult male 96.9 cm DW, Gulf of Siam, Cambodia, 5.5 m depth, 26–27 March 1961 ; CSIRO H 7776-01 View Materials (tissue accession GN 11296 ), embryo 31 cm DW, CSIRO H 7776-02 View Materials (tissue accession GN 11297 ), embryo 23.8 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 27 February 2011 ; MNHN 0000-1596 (lectotype), juvenile male 71.7 cm DW, 70.6 cm TL, India ; MZB 15036 View Materials (tissue accession GN 11235 ), male 116 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 8 June 2002 ; NMW 77991 View Materials ; field code BRU-031 (tissue accession GN4337 ), male 132.5 cm DW, Iloilo City fishing port, Philippines, 13 February 1999 .

Photographed (not retained): Field code HBO122 (tissue accession GN3019 ), male 114 cm DW, Tawau , Sabah, Malaysia, 28 June 2002 ; field code BO15, male 80.5 cm DW, Sematan , Sarawak, Malaysia, 1 June 2002 ; field code MM-835, female 92 cm DW, Gulf of Oman, Iran, 22 September 2010 ; pregnant females 135.2 and 134.2 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 27 February 2011 ; male 104.1 cm DW, Sabah, Malaysia; adult male 105 cm DW, Al Khor , Qatar, 24 April 2009 ; female ~ 100 cm DW, northern Australia; adult male, Muttrah , Oman, 20 September 2010 .

Not retained, tissue sampled: Field code JPAG 303 (tissue accession GN4327), Philippines, 18 April 2007; tissue accession GN9426, female, tissue accession GN9427, male, tissue accession GN9428, male, tissue accession GN9429, male, tissue accession GN9430, female, tissue accession GN9431 (nominally identified M. eregoodootenkee ), female, tissue accession GN9432, male, Muttrah, Oman, 1 March 2011; tissue accession GN9437 (nominally identified M. eregoodootenkee ), female, Muttrah, Oman, 4 December 2010; tissue accession GN9580, Barka, Oman, 7 December 2011; tissue accession GN9678 and GN9679, Arabian Sea coast of Oman; tissue accession GN9680, Sharjah, Oman; tissue accession GN9726, female, Muttrah, Oman, 29 May 2010; tissue accession GN9729, female, Muttrah, Oman, 24 August 2011; tissue accession GN9737, male, tissue accession GN9738, male, Muttrah, Oman, 20 September 2010; tissue accession GN9747, female, Muttrah, Oman, 23 August 2011; tissue accessions GN15461 (nominally identified M. eregoodootenkee ), GN15462 (nominally identified M. eregoodootenkee ), GN15463 (nominally identified M. eregoodootenkee ), GN15464 (nominally identified M. eregoodootenkee ), GN15465 (nominally identified M. eregoodootenkee ), South Africa.