Shorefishes - Gallery

head wide, with large paddles

behind last gill slit: large dark semicircle

pale shoulder blotch - long hook on inside
center shoulder: T shaped black patch

Mobula birostris, Giant Manta, Manta, Giant Manta Ray

mouth at front, black

head: horns long, front not concave

wings not strongly curved

tail: < disc, base compressed, no spine

Mobula hypostoma, Devil Ray, West Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray

mouth under head

spiracle: small, circular, under pectoral, with groove to over eye

underneath not abruptly bicolored

wings: front edges straight/slightly convex

broard dark band between eyes; behind eye -white crescent visible from above
D; curved, tip white

tail = / > disc width, row white tubercles along side, + spine

Mobula mobular, Spinetail Devil Ray

mouth under snout
spiracle above pectoral base, = short transvers slit under a ridge

belly: white

large

mouth opens at front of snout, pale

behind last gill slit: 0-2 small dark spots

pale shoulder blotch - oval inside, hook outside

Mobula species A, Caribbean Manta

lower teeth: band 77% mouth width, 9-11 rows

head: narrow, long neck
horns short
ridge along back

wings strongly curved
no dark collar between eyes

tail short, scaly, no spine

Mobula tarapacana, Sicklefin Devil Ray, Chilean Devil Ray

mouth under snout

underside: dark around sides of neck; front of pectorals white, rear abruptly grey

wing front edge - double curve
head & horns short

ventral: concave part front wing edge + dark blotch

tail long, no spine, base flattened
D - white tip

Mobula thurstoni, Smoothtail Mobula, Bentfin Devil Ray, Smoothtail Mobula Ray

mouth under snout

ventral: white, green patch near rear edge

1.8 m