Mobula eregoodootenkee

Mobula eregoodootenkee
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Mobulidae
Genus:	Mobula
Species:	M. eregoodootenkee
Binomial name
	Mobula eregoodootenkee; (Bleeker, 1859)

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. Retrieved 17 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mobula eregoodootenkee" in FishBase. October 2006 version.

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[iucn-1] 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. Retrieved 17 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)