Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892)

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 : 110

Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 328 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-1896 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd+3d / 2019)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: patchy circumglobal distribution and is found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known from Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa. Reported from Cape Verde. CITES Appendix II.