Spinetail mobula
| Spinetail mobula | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Mobula |
| Species: | M. japanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Mobula japanica (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) | |
Mobula japanica, commonly known as the spinetail mobula or devil ray, is a species of pelagic marine fish which belongs to the family Myliobatidae found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1] The spinetail mobula is dark blue to black above and white below. Some distinctive points of the spinetail mobula are that its head projects from the disk, the inner surface of the cephalic fins (horns) are silver-grey with black tips, while the outer surface and side behind eye is white.[2]It also has a tail spine.[3]
References
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/211465/details#distribution
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/211465/details#habitat
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/211465/details#comprehensive_description
Sources
- White, W.T., Clark, T.B., Smith, W.D. & Bizzarro, J.J. 2005. Mobula japanica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.