| Manta de monk | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Mobula |
| Species: | M. munkiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo di Sciara, 1987 |
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The manta de monk, Munk's devil ray, pygmy devil ray, or smoothtail mobula (Mobula munkiana) is a species of fish in the Myliobatidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are shallow seas and subtidal aquatic beds.