Box ray

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Box ray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: Mobula
Species: M. tarapacana
Binomial name
Mobula tarapacana
(Philippi, 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 Mobulidae 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.

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