Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Myliobatidae > Mobula > Mobula tarapacana

Mobula tarapacana (Chilean devil ray; Devil ray; Greater Guinean mobula; Sicklefin devil ray; Spiny mobula)

Synonyms: Cephaloptera tarapacana; Mobula coilloti; Mobula formosana; Mobula tarapanaca
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Wikipedia Abstract

The box ray, Chilean devil ray, devil ray, greater Guinean mobula, sicklefin devil ray, or spiny mobula (Mobula tarapacana) is a species of fish in the family Myliobatidae. It is found in Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Palau, South Africa, Taiwan, the United States, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, and coral reefs. These fish have been discovered to feed at depths up to 1,848 metres (6,063 ft) during deep dives, and are among the deepest-diving ocean animals. There are two distinct deep dive patterns; the first, which is usually only performed once every 24 hours, is diving to the maximum depth and resurfacing after 60 to 90 minutes; the second, which is less frequent, is dives up to 1,000 meters for a maximum of 11
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Mobula tarapacana

Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Entepherus laminipes[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;
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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