Biology:Mobula eregoodootenkee
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Mobulidae |
| Genus: | Mobula |
| Species: | M. eregoodootenkee
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| Binomial name | |
| Mobula eregoodootenkee (Bleeker, 1859)
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Mobula eregoodootenkee, the pygmy devil ray or longhorned mobula, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is endemic to the Indian Ocean and central-west Pacific Ocean. It ranges from South Africa in the west to the Philippines in the east, north to Vietnam, and south to the northern coast of Australia .
It is a brownish-grey colour, with a whitish underside. It grows up to 100 cm wide. The species feeds on plankton and small fish.
The longhorned mobula is an ovoviviparous fish, usually giving birth to a single pup in shallow waters. The young stay in these waters until they mature.
The ray is likely a bycatch at several fisheries, being entangled in nets meant for other species. It is marketed in Thailand and possibly elsewhere in southeast Asia.
References
- ↑ Rigby, C.L., Barreto, R., Carlson, J., Fernando, D., Fordham, S., Francis, M.P., Jabado, R.W., Liu, K.M., Marshall, A. & Romanov, E. (2020). "Mobula eregoodootenkee". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T41832A166793082. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41832/166793082. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mobula eregoodootenkee" in FishBase. October 2006 version.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4551124 entry
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