- Spinetail mobula
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Spinetail mobula 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Myliobatidae Genus: Mobula Species: M. japanica Binomial name Mobula japanica
(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)The devilray, Japanese devilray, spinetail devilray, or spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica) is a species of fish in the Myliobatidae family. It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, the United States, Vietnam, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, and coral reefs.
Source
- White, W.T., Clark, T.B., Smith, W.D. & Bizzarro, J.J. 2005. Mobula japanica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
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