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Mobula

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Wikipedia Abstract

Mobula is a genus of ray in the family Myliobatidae (eagle rays). Their appearance is similar to that of manta rays, which are in the same family. Species of this genera are often collectively referred to as "devil rays", "flying mobula" or simply "flying rays", due to their propensity for breaching, sometimes in a spectacular manner. The devil fish can attain a disc width of up to 5.2 m (17 ft) and can probably weigh over a ton, second only to the Manta species in size. Despite their size, little is known about this genus, much of it being from anecdotal accounts.
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Species

Mobula alfredi (Prince Alfred's ray) (Vulnerable)
Mobula birostris (Skeete) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Mobula eregoodoo (Pygmy Devil Ray) (Endangered)
Mobula eregoodootenkee (Devil ray)
Mobula hypostoma (Small devilfish) (Endangered)
Mobula japanica (Spinetail mobula)
Mobula kuhlii (Lesser devilray) (Endangered)
Mobula loupianensis
Mobula mobular (Manta) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Mobula munkiana (Munk's devil ray) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Mobula pectinata
Mobula rochebrunei (Lesser Guinean mobula)
Mobula tarapacana (Chilean devil ray) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Mobula thurstoni (smoothtail mobula) (Endangered)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0