Mobula yarae, Atlantic manta ray : fisheries

Mobula yarae Bucair & Marshall, 2025

Atlantic manta ray
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Mobulidae (Devilrays)
Etymology: yarae: Named after a Brazilian legend, Yara (Iara or Uiara), a beautiful Amazonian indigenous and excellent warrior, thrown into the water as a punishment and was saved by the fishes, then assumed a chimerical form (part fish and part woman), empowered with enchantment. In the indigenous Tupi mythology, Yara means 'mother of water' or 'mãe d’águ' in Portuguese.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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Western Atlantic: northeastern USA to southeastern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean islands, and the Amazon continental shelf and estuaries; also oceanic systems of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Fernando de Noronha archipelagos.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.8 cm WD (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Recorded in estuaries, oceanic islands and coastal regions along its distribution, suggesting an association with high productivity areas (Ref. 137861).

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Bucair, N., S. Hinojosa-Alvarez, A.D. Marshall, J. Pate, C.L.B. Francini, A.G. Garrido, K.C.C. Capel, T.S. Loboda, J.S. Monteiro, C.E.M. Bruno, C.F. Vaga, A.D.M. Dove, L.A. Hoopes, C. Perry and M.V. Kitahara, 2025. An integrative taxonomy investigation unravels a cryptic species of Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Mobulidae, Myliobatiformes), from the Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Biology of Fishes In press: [1-35]. (Ref. 137861)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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