Mobula birostris
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Mobulidae
- Genus
- Mobula
Where to Find
Found in 35 diving areas across 26 countries and 9 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 11 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 11 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 8 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 4 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 15 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 15 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 24 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 13 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 13 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 7 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 5 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 8 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 47 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 80 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 634 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 91 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 26 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 26 records