| Citation | Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G., 1987, A revisionary study of the genus Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae) with the description of a new species.. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 91(1):1-91. |
| Ref. | 50641 Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G., 1987 |
| Page | 68;fig.8D,21B,24-28;tab.16-17 |
| Named Used as Valid | Mobula tarapacana |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Probably circumtropical; Chile, Gulf of California, Japan, Taiwan, Red Sea and Ivory Coast; possibly also in the central western Atlantic |
| Quote | All characters described for Mobula tarapacana are found in mobulids sampled in the Gulf of California; including, lack of caudal spine, short tail, distinctive 'long-necked' appearance, with cephalic fins relatively short, and large sized. SIO 83-113 (male embryo) designated as the neotype to help nomenclatural stability. |