Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810
Original name	:	Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 61.
Original rank	:	loc. cit.
Original spelling	:	loc. cit.

Types

Type of	:	*Mobulidae* (Family) Gill, 1893		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025. [implicit]
Type of	:	*Mobulinae* (Subfamily) Gill, 1893

Synonymous name	:	*Apterurus* (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Cephalopterus* (Genus) E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Ceratobatis* (Genus) Boulenger, 1897	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Dicerobatus* (Genus) Blainville, 1816	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Pterocephalus* (Genus) Schneider, 1887, nom. illeg.	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including	:	*Manta* (Genus) Bancroft, 1829	Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025.