DiscoverSpeciesSharks and rays
Sicklefin devil ray
Mobula tarapacana
- Usual depth25 m
- Water temperature12–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 19 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 49 records
- July: 22 records
- August: 171 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 25 m · Deepest record: 25 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 12–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Sicklefin devil ray, Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Chilean devil ray, Greater Guinean Devil Ray, Greater Guinean Mobula, sicklefin devil ray, Spiny Mobula
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Sichelflossen-Teufelsrochen
- Spanish
- Diabolo Gigante De Guinea, Manta Cornuada, manta cornuda, Manta Raya, Raya Cornuda, Vaquetilla
- French
- Diable de mer chilien, Diable de mer chilien, Diable géant de Guinée, Mante chilienne, Diable Géant De Guinée, Mante Chilienne, Mobula, Raie diable faucille
- Japanese
- Taiwanitomakiei, タイワンイトマキエイ, ヒメイトマキエイ
- Thai
- ปลากระเบนปีศาจหางเคียว, ปลากระเบนราหูครีบแหลม
- Simplified Chinese
- 台灣蝠魟, 智利蝠魟, 臺灣蝠魟, 褐背蝠鱝, 飛魴仔, 鷹魴
Other scientific names: Cephaloptera tarapacana, Mobula coilloti, Mobula formosana, Mobula tarapanaca
Similar species
Reef manta rayMobula alfredi
Atlantic mantaMobula birostris
- Devil ray
Mobula mobular
- Smoothtail mobula
Mobula thurstoni
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 372 open-data records from 1959 to 2024.
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