Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Myliobatidae > Mobula > Mobula mobular

Mobula mobular (Manta; Horny ray; Giant devilray; Giant devil ray; Devilfish; Devil ray; Devil fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The devil fish or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is an endangered species of eagle ray in the family Myliobatidae. It is currently listed as endangered, mostly due to bycatch mortality in unrelated fisheries.
View Wikipedia Record: Mobula mobular

Infraspecies

Raja diabolus diabolus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Mobula mobular

Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre 119270 Italy    
Arcipelago delle Eolie - area marina e terrestre 98800 Italy    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Echeneis naucrates (White tailed remore)[2]
Gnathia rufescens[2]
Gnathia teruyukiae[2]
Gnathia trimaculata[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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