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Species
Critically Endangereddevil ray
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
- FamilyMobulidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Commons category
- Mobula mobular
- taxon name
- Mobula mobular
- taxon common name
- Giant Devil Ray
- taxon range
- Brazil
- short name
- M. mobular
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Encyclopedic overview
The devil fish, giant devil ray, or simply the devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is currently listed as critically endangered, mostly due to bycatch mortality in unrelated fisheries.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “devil fish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.