Manta de monk

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Manta de monk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: Mobula
Species: M. munkiana
Binomial name
Mobula munkiana
Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, 1987

The manta de monk, Munk's devil ray, pygmy devil ray, or smoothtail mobula (Mobula munkiana) is a species of fish in the Mobulidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are shallow seas and subtidal aquatic beds.

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