Devil fish

Devil fish
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
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
	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.

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