An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Mobula kuhlii
(Valenciennes, 1841)
Pygmy Devilray
Cephaloptera kuhlii
Valenciennes
in
Müller & Henle, 1841: 185
, Pl. 59 (left).
Lectotype
:
MNHN
0000-1596.
Type
locality:
India
.
Local synonymy:
Mobula
diabolus—
Filewood, 1973
: 14 (PNG).
Mobula
eregoodootenkee—
Fricke
et al.
, 2014
: 15 (Madang).
Mobula
kuhlii—
White
et al.
, 2018
: 288, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(1 spec.)
KFRS
E.285 (clasper only), adult male, Fairfax Harbour,
Port Moresby
,
26 Nov. 1965
.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Filewood (1973)
as
Mobula diabolus
, a name which has been attributed to multiple species of devilrays but is a junior synonym of
M. mobular
(
Bonnaterre, 1788
)
.
Fricke
et al.
(2014)
recorded
M. eregoodootenke
from off
Madang
; now considered a junior synonym of
M. kuhlii
(White
et al.
, 2017b)
. Occasionally observed by divers off Kavieng in
New
Ireland
.