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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 hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Jamanta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Jamanta-da-Guiné</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Vestatlantisk djævlerokke</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Atlantic devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Atlantic pygmy devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lesser devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lesser Guinean devil ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lesser Guinean mobula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Manta ray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Small devilfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Atlandi merisarvik</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Guinea merisarvik</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Diable géant</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Mante diable</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Petit diable de Guinée</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Diablito de Guinea</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Diablo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta chica</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta del Golfo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta enana</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Manta negra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Raya</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Afrikaanse duivelsrog</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Atlantische duivelsrog</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mala gvinejska manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mala vražja manta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>下口蝠鱝</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>下口蝠鲼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>罗切氏蝠鲼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>罗氏蝠鲼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>羅切氏蝠鱝</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>羅氏蝠鱝</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera massenoidea Hill, 1862</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera olfersii Müller, 1834</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephaloptera rochebrunei Vaillant, 1879</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ceratobatis robertsi Boulenger, 1897</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ceratobatis robertsii Boulenger, 1897</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula olfersii (Müller, 1834)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula robertsi (Boulenger, 1897)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Mobula sp. Not applicable</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1991-05-01</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-10-17</dcterms:modified>
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