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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 ,
Rafael Cabrera Namora  and
Fábio dos Santos Motta
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
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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
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 869 - 870
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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