Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E328-3F74-762D-DF9AEB96FABB |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831) |
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Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831) View in CoL
Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879) [Synonym: junior, original� Occurrence: native
Maximum length: 120 cm WD
Water type: marine
Environment: pelagic-neritic
Depth range: 0-100 m
Migration: unknown
IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2cd+3d / 2019)
Source: bibliography, observation
Distribution and remarks: endemic to the Atlantic Ocean where it is patchily distributed. Eastern Atlantic: known from Mauritania to Angola. Observed caught by artisanal fishery of Mayumba and by trawlers, recorded as M. rochebrunei (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). CITES Appendix II.
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