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Occurrence of mobulids in the Azores, central North Atlantic

JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (2014)

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JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

卷 94, 期 8, 页码 1671-1675

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

DOI: 10.1017/S0025315414000964

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oceanic habitat; Mobulidae; Manta; Mobula; checklist

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Marine & Freshwater Biology

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Azores Regional Government [135104]
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology/Ministry of Education and Science (FCT/MCTES-MEC) [Ciencia 2008/POPH/QREN]
LARSyS Strategic Project [PEst/OE/EEI/LA00009/2011]

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An updated checklist of manta and devil rays (family Mobulidae) occurring in waters of the Azores archipelago is given based on new data from underwater images and on the re-evaluation of previous citations for the region. There are, at least, three species of mobulids occurring in the region, possibly four: giant manta Manta birostris; Chilean devil ray Mobula tarapacana; and one or both of the giant devil ray Mobula mobular/spinetail devil ray Mobula japanica species complex. These findings have direct implications for the known ranges of all these species and for the conservation of their North Atlantic populations.

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