Species: Mobula tarapacana, Chilean Devil Ray, Sicklefin Devil Ray
horns short
ridge along back
no dark collar between eyes

Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892)
Sicklefin Devil Ray, Chilean Devil Ray
Head projecting, relatively narrow, neck long; front edge of snout between horns strongly concave; large triangular "wings" (pectoral fin flaps) that are strongly curved backwards; head horns relatively short (width 60% of length); back with a central ridge; spiracle an elongate longitudinal slit above base of pectoral, with a ridge above it; mouth on underside of head; teeth on both jaws, relatively large and in mosaic pattern, spread across ~70% of mouth width, 94-135 upper rows, 107-153 lower rows, teeth ~hexagonal, with pitted tips and comblike rear edge; filter plates of gills fused along their length, with broadly rounded end lobes; tail relatively short (<1/2 disc width), scaly, without spine; body densely covered with minute thick, needle-like denticles.
Back brown to olivaceous green; no dark collar between eyes; dorsal fin dark; underside of head & area back to1st gill cover dark grey; underside white at front and pectorals abruptly grey at rear.
Grows to a disc width of at least 370 cm and a weight of 400 kg.
Habitat: pelagic coastal waters.
Depth: 0-1896 m.
Circumtropical; the northern Gulf of Mexico and the SE Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- In & Offshore
- Inshore
- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic crustacea
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Live birth
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America)
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Endangered
- Listed
- CITES
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- Appendix II
- Listed
- Length Max
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- 370
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 1896