Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 109

Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831)

Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879) [Synonym: junior, original� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 120 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2cd+3d / 2019)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: endemic to the Atlantic Ocean where it is patchily distributed. Eastern Atlantic: known from Mauritania to Angola. Observed caught by artisanal fishery of Mayumba and by trawlers, recorded as M. rochebrunei (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). CITES Appendix II.