Mobulidae

Mobulidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Recent
Mobula birostris at Hin Daeng, Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Batomorphi
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Gill, 1893
Genera
  • Mobula
  • Manta (sometimes considered to be a synonym of Mobula)

The Mobulidae (manta rays and devilfishes) are a family of rays consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom.