Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd, 1908)

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 thurstoni (Lloyd, 1908)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 220 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-100 m

Migration: unknown

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

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: probably circumtropical but in scattered localities. Eastern Atlantic: known from off Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. Observed caught by artisanal fishery of Mayumba and tuna seiner (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). CITES Appendix II.