Devilray

Taxobox
name = Devilray


status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Mobulidae
genus = "Mobula"
species = "M. japanica"
binomial = "Mobula japanica"
binomial_authority = (Müller & Henle, 1841)
synonyms = The devilray, Japanese devilray, spinetail devilray, or spinetail mobula ("Mobula japanica") is a species of fish in the Mobulidae 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.

ource

* White, W.T., Clark, T.B., Smith, W.D. & Bizzarro, J.J. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/41833/all Mobula japanica] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.