- Box ray
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Box ray Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Myliobatidae Subfamily: Myliobatidae Genus: Mobula Species: M. tarapacana Binomial name Mobula tarapacana
(Philippi {Krumweide}, 1892)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 Myliobatidae family. 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.
Source
- Clark, T.B., Smith, W.D. & Bizzarro, J.J. 2005. Mobula tarapacana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
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