Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892)

Sicklefin Devilray

Cephaloptera tarapacana Philippi, 1892: 8, pl. 3(fig.2). Holoype (unique): lost. Type locality: 12 miles west of Iquique, Tarapacà Province, Chile, southeastern Pacific.

Local synonymy: Mobula tarapacana: Compagno et al., 1989: 118, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 105, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 982; White & Last, 2016c: 748, fig. 33.7; Stevens et al., 2018: 102, figs.

South Africa voucher material: None.

South African distribution: Jeffreys Bay (EC) to KZN border with Mozambique .

Remarks: The distribution of this species is patchy with only scattered records in the WIO, including South African waters.

Conservation status: EN (2019).