Mobula munkiana Munk's devil ray

Mobula munkiana is commonly referred to as Munk's devil ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7523 

AphiaID:

271482 

Scientific:

Mobula munkiana 

German:

Teufelsrochen 

English:

Munk's Devil Ray 

Category:

Stingrays 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Mobula (Genus) > munkiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, 1987 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Columbia, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 86.61" (220 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mobula eregoodootenkee
• 
  Mobula hypostoma
  Kleiner Teufelsrochen, Atlantischer Zwerg-Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula kuhlii
  Kurzflossen-Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula mobular
  Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula munkiana
  Teufelsrochen
• Mobula rochebrunei
• 
  Mobula tarapacana
  Sichelflossen-Rochen
• 
  Mobula thurstoni
  Bentfin-Teufelsrochen, Thurstons Teufelsrochen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mobula alfredi
  Riffmanta
• 
  Mobula birostris
  Riesenmanta, Teufelsrochen; Riesenmantarochen
• 
  Mobula cf. birostris
  Karibischer Riesenmanta

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-09-13 18:40:24 

Last edit:

2014-09-13 18:40:24 

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