Occurrence of the Chilean devil ray Mobula tarapacana (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea: Myliobatiformes) in the Sea of Okhotsk: first record from cold temperate waters

T Tomita; T Kawai; H Matsubara; R Nagata

doi:10.1111/jfb.12205

Occurrence of the Chilean devil ray Mobula tarapacana (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea: Myliobatiformes) in the Sea of Okhotsk: first record from cold temperate waters

J Fish Biol. 2013 Sep;83(3):695-8. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12205.

Authors

T Tomita¹, T Kawai, H Matsubara, R Nagata

Affiliation

¹ The Hokkaido University Museum, 3-1-1, Minato-cho, Hakodate, 041-8611, Hokkaido, Japan. t-tomita@museum.hokudai.ac.jp

PMID: 23991886
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12205

Abstract

The northernmost record for Chilean devil ray Mobula tarapacana, a circumglobal species that occurs in tropical, subtropical and limited warm temperate waters, is described. An adult female was caught incidentally in the Sea of Okhotsk on 17 September 2011. This specimen is the first confirmed occurrence of devil rays Mobula spp. in cold temperate waters.

Keywords: Chondrichthyes; Hokkaido; Mobulidae; distribution; oceanic climate zones.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cold Temperature
Female
Japan
Oceans and Seas
Skates, Fish* / anatomy & histology