Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes Family Mobulidae Gill, 1893 see Subfamily Mobulinae (Gill, 1893) Genus Manta Bancroft, 1829 1 Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) - Atlantic manta