Mobula tarapacana Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Greater Guinean Mobula, Sicklefin Devil Ray, Spiny Mobula

Mobula tarapacana is commonly referred to as Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Greater Guinean Mobula, Sicklefin Devil Ray, Spiny Mobula. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3671 

AphiaID:

105859 

Scientific:

Mobula tarapacana 

German:

Sichelflossen-Rochen 

English:

Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Greater Guinean Mobula, Sicklefin Devil Ray, Spiny Mobula 

Category:

Płaszczki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Mobula (Genus) > tarapacana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Philippi, ), 1892 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), (the) Maldives, Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Austral Islands, Australia, Azores, Brazil, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madeira, Malaysia, Mexico (East Pacific), New Caledonia, Pakistan, Palau, Peru, Philippines, Red Sea, Saint Lucia, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Senegal, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Size:

98.43" - 129.13" (250cm - 328cm) 

Weight:

350 kg 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Phytoplankton, Plankton, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mobula eregoodootenkee
• 
  Mobula hypostoma
  Kleiner Teufelsrochen, Atlantischer Zwerg-Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula kuhlii
  Kurzflossen-Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula mobular
  Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula munkiana
  Teufelsrochen
• Mobula rochebrunei
• 
  Mobula tarapacana
  Sichelflossen-Rochen
• 
  Mobula thurstoni
  Bentfin-Teufelsrochen, Thurstons Teufelsrochen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mobula alfredi
  Riffmanta
• 
  Mobula birostris
  Riesenmanta, Teufelsrochen; Riesenmantarochen
• 
  Mobula cf. birostris
  Karibischer Riesenmanta

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-04 18:16:41 

Last edit:

2018-02-12 16:27:30 

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