Bentfin devil ray

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Bentfin devil ray
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Rajiformes Family: Mobulidae Genus: Mobula Species: M. thurstoni
Binomial name
Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd, 1908)

The bentfin devil ray, lesser devil ray, smoothtail devil ray, smoothtail mobula, or Thurton's devil ray (Mobula thurstoni) is a species of fish in the Mobulidae family. It is found in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman, the Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, and possibly Madagascar. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs.

[edit] Source

• Clark, T.B., Smith, W.D. & Bizzarro, J.J. 2005. Mobula thurstoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 03 August 2007.