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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Elasmobranchii</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Myliobatiformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Mobulidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Mobula</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)</dwc:ScientificName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Diabo-do-mar</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Jamanta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Jimanta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Ugemanta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Uja</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Uje</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Urjamanta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Stekelstert-mobula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sq'>Djalli i detit</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sq'>Lopa e detit</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sq'>Lope deti</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Pasa-pasa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Manta atlantská</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='co'>Diavulu di mare</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='co'>Vacca di mare</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Lille djævlerokke</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Pighalet djævlerokke</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Atlantischer Teufelsrochen</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Japanischer Rochen</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Kleine Teufelsrochen</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Kleiner Teufelsroche</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Meeresteufel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Mittelmeer-Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Teufelsrochen</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Devil fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Devilfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Devilray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Giant Devil Ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Giant devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Giant devilray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Horny ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Japanese devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Japanese devilray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Longhorned mobula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Manta ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spinetail devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spinetail mobula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Astelsaba-merisarvik</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Vahemere merisarvik</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Sarvirausku</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Diable de mer</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Diable de mer japonais</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Diable de mer méditerranéen</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Mante</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Mante aiguillat</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'></commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='hr'>Golub uhan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Daddarita</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Diavolo di mare</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Mobula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Muchio vacca</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Patesse addo capre</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pesce vesque</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pescio vacca</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pipistrello</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pisci daddarita</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pisci sceccu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Vacca 'emare</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Vescovo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='jv'>Cawang genul</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='jv'>Plampangan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Itomaki-ei</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>쥐가오리</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mr'>Shing pakat</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mr'>शिंग पाकात</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Pari kalok</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Pari kola</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Pari paung</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Pari paus</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Pari-paus ekor duri</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mt'>Baqra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mt'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mt'>Raja tal-qrun</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Mindre djävulsrocka</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Kulaklı folya</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Kulaklıfulya balığı</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Şeytan balığı</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='vi'>Cá Ó dơi Nhật Bản</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta arpón</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta de aguijón</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta de espina</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta mobula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Maroma</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Diavol de mare</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Diavolopsaro</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Duivelsrog</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Fafarua</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Gestekelde duivelsrog</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Japonska manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Kleine duivelsrog</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Lampengan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Pari lambingan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Seláhi kephalóptero</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Vražja manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Διάβολος</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Διαβολόψαρο</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Κερατάς</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>兰氏鲾鲼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>日本蝠魟</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>日本蝠鱝</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>日本蝠鲼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>蘭氏鰏鱝</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>蝠鱝</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>蝠鲼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Anodon cornutus Billberg, 1833</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Aodon japonicus (Müller &amp; Henle, 1841)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera dumerillii Billberg, 1833</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera giorna (Lacepède, 1803)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera japanica Müller &amp; Henle, 1841</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera rissoi Billberg, 1833</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera tatraniana van Hasselt, 1823</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephalopterus edentula Griffini, 1903</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephalopterus giornae (Lacepède, 1803)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephalopterus japanica Müller &amp; Henle, 1841</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Dicerobatis giornae (Lacepède, 1803)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Dicerobatis monstrum Klunzinger, 1871</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Manta mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula japanica (Müller &amp; Henle, 1841)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula japonica (Müller &amp; Henle, 1841)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobular mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Raia aurita Suckow, 1799</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Raia fabroniana Lacepède, 1800</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Raja cephaloptera Bloch &amp; Schneider, 1801</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Raja vespertilio Walbaum, 1792</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1993-03-13</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2025-02-17</dcterms:modified>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4442&amp;speccode=7618'>McEachran, J.D. and B. Séret 1990 Mobulidae. p. 73-76. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4442)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=106604&amp;speccode=7618'>Weigmann, S. 2016 Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. J. Fish Biol. 88(1):1-201. (Ref. 106604)</reference>
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