sicklefin devil ray

Mobula tarapacana

Swept back wings dive below a thousand meters

Brown
Tropical
Globally widespread
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
South America
South Asia
Other
Large
Tropical fish

sicklefin devil ray is known around Circumtropical as a migratory fish; The largest recorded length is 328 cm, and it is listed as critically endangered.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Stingrays
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: Mobula
Maximum length: 328 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: other
Distribution: Circumtropical, recorded from scattered localities. Western Atlantic: off Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa. Reported from Cape Verde (Ref. 34514 ). Indian Ocean: northwestern Red Sea and India. Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, and probably tropical Australia (Ref. 9911 ). Eastern Pacific: From Gulf of California to Chile (Ref. 130539 ).
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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