Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 109

Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841) [Synonym: junior, original� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 520 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-1112 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd+3d / 2020)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in temperate and tropical waters throughout all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known from Côte d’Ivoire but may probably be more wide-ranging. Sometimes in synonymy with M. japanica . Observed along the coast of Gabon caught by industrial trawlers and artisanal boats (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). CITES Appendix II.