Devilray

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Devilray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: Mobula
Species: M. japanica
Binomial name
Mobula japanica
(Müller & Henle, 1841)

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.

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