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Occurrence of the bentfin devil ray, Mobula thurstoni (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), in the western Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2003

Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus do Litoral Paulista, Praça Infante dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitarú, 11330-900, São Vicente—SP, Brazil
Rafael Cabrera Namora
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus do Litoral Paulista, Praça Infante dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitarú, 11330-900, São Vicente—SP, Brazil Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia; Av. 24-A, 1515, 13506-900, Rio Claro—SP, Brazil
Fábio dos Santos Motta
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus do Litoral Paulista, Praça Infante dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitarú, 11330-900, São Vicente—SP, Brazil Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia; Av. 24-A, 1515, 13506-900, Rio Claro—SP, Brazil

Abstract

This paper reports the occurrence of the fifth species of Mobula in the western Atlantic, M. thurstoni, based on specimens caught by artisanal and driftnet fisheries in coastal waters off southern Brazil.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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