Mobula

Jumping Mobularochen

The genus of Mobularochen ( Mobula ) belongs to the family of eagle rays ( Myliobatidae ) to the subfamily of Devil Rays ( Mobulinae ). It occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas near the coast to a depth of 150 meters in front. The animals can be one to five meters long.

Features

Mobularochen be 1-5 meters long (including the tail ). Your broad head contributes to both sides relatively rigid, front more or less pointed or slightly rounded, horn -like head fins, which serve to guide plankton in the big mouth. Your mouth is in contrast to the terminal mouth of the manta rays under constantly and either occupied only in the upper jaw, or in both jaws with small teeth. The head is narrower than that of the manta rays. The tail can carry a sting or be spineless. The wide gill slits on the head underside arcuately spaced and are forward far apart to almost come more and more to the rear.

Species

The genus Mobula consists of nine species:

• Mobula eregoodootenkee ( Bleeker, 1859).
• Mobula hypostoma ( Bancroft, 1831).
• Japanese Devil Rays ( Mobula Japanica ) ( Müller & Henle, 1841).
• Mobula kuhlii ( Müller & Henle, 1841).
• Mobula mobular ( Bonnaterre, 1788).
• Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo -di- Sciara, 1987.
• Mobula rochebrunei ( Vaillant, 1879).
• Mobula tarapacana ( Philippi, 1893).
• Mobula thurstoni ( Lloyd, 1908)