Mobula thurstoni, (LLOYD, 1908)

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 : 71-72

MOBULA THURSTONI (LLOYD, 1908)

CSIRO H 7774-01 (juvenile male 78.7 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok , Indonesia, 14 July 2005; CSIRO H 7775-01 (head only), ~ 210 cm DW, CSIRO H 7775-02 , ~ 166 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 7 October 2009; HUMZ 114050 , juvenile male 86 cm DW, 119.1 cm TL, Usujiri, Japan, 24 August 1989; MZB 15007 , juvenile female 82.6 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 13 July 2004; MZB 15037 , female 94 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 12 July 2005; MZB 15444 (tissue accession GN11237 ), female 91.5 cm DW, Cilacap landing site, Central Java, Indonesia, 11 June 2002; RMNH unregistered, male embryo ~ 42 cm DW, no collection data; SMEC KBU 1 15397, male embryo 34.7 cm DW, Sabah, Malaysia, 15 March 1997.

Photographed (not retained): Field code BJ-330 (tissue accession GN5263 ), male 96 cm DW, Loreto, Gulf of California , Mexico, 29 August 1993 ; field code BJ-360, male 83 cm DW, Loreto, Gulf of California , Mexico, 1 September 1993 ; field code BJ-429 (tissue accession GN5284 ), female 180 cm DW, La Paz, Gulf of California , Mexico, 25 September 1993 ; field code BJ-434, female 149 cm DW, La Paz, Gulf of California , Mexico, 26 September 1993 ; field code BJ-705 (tissue accession GN1560 ), male 172 cm DW, BJ-706 (tissue accession GN1561 ), male 169 cm DW, Santa Rosalia, Gulf of California , Mexico, 13 June 1996 ; field codes SP-10, female 115.5 cm TL, SP-11, male 126 cm TL, Gulf of California , Mexico, 18 July 1994 ; male 145 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 10 September 2004 ; female 107.1 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 12 October 2004 ; male 111.5 cm DW, Kedonganan fish market, Bali, Indonesia, 7 July 2005 ; female 113 cm DW, Tanjung Luar landing site, Lombok, Indonesia, 12 July 2005 .

Not retained, tissue sampled: Field code BJ-351 (tissue accession GN5268 ), male 89 cm DW, Loreto, Gulf of California , Mexico, 1 September 1993 ; field code BJ-378 (tissue accession GN5270 ), male 170 cm DW, La Paz, Gulf of California , Mexico, 6 September 1993 ; field code BJ-411 (tissue accession GN5277 ), male 171 cm DW, La Paz, Gulf of California , Mexico, 11 September 1993 ; field code BJ-431 (tissue accession GN5286 ), male 172 cm DW, La Paz, Gulf of California , Mexico, 25 September 1993 ; tissue accession GN9725, male, Muttrah, Oman, 3 August 2010 ; tissue accession GN9728, male, Muttrah, Oman, 17 August 2010 .