Species: Mobula tarapacana, Chilean devil ray, Sicklefin devil ray

horns short
back with central ridge

spiracle = elongate slit above pectoral base, with keel above
Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892)
Chilean devil ray, Sicklefin 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; dorsal fin dark; underside of head & area back to1st gill cover grey; underside white at front and abruptly grey at rear.
Grows to a disc width of at least 340 cm and a weight of 400 kg.
Habitat: pelagic coastal waters.
Depth: 0-1896 m.
Circumtropical; the Gulf of Mexico and Venezuela.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- In & Offshore
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Surface
- Water column only
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Pelagic crustacea
- Bony fishes
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- Live birth
- Data
- No pelagic phase
- No pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America)
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Endangered
- CITES
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- Appendix II
- Listed
- Length Max
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- 340
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 1896