Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray - Mobula hypostoma

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Mobula hypostoma
Author (Bancroft, 1831)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 160997
Common Names Spanish: manta del Golfo
English: devil ray
English: Atlantic devil ray
Spanish: manta enana
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Chondrichthyes
        Subclass: Elasmobranchii
          Superorder: Euselachii
            Order: Myliobatiformes
              Family: Mobulidae
                Genus: Mobula
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN160997
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    EN (Global)
#records (spatial)6
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets2
Year2019 - 2023
Latitude-5.15 - 36.34
Longitude-75.08 - 11.79
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