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First documented catch of the giant devil ray Mobula mobular (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae) in the Adriatic Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2009

U. Scacco ,
I. Consalvo  and
E. Mostarda
U. Scacco*
Affiliation:
ICRAM, Via di Casalotti 300, 00166, Rome, Italy and CoNISMa, Via Isonzo 32, 00198, Rome, Italy
I. Consalvo
Affiliation:
ICRAM, Via di Casalotti 300, 00166, Rome, Italy and CoNISMa, Via Isonzo 32, 00198, Rome, Italy
E. Mostarda
Affiliation:
ICRAM, Via di Casalotti 300, 00166, Rome, Italy and CoNISMa, Via Isonzo 32, 00198, Rome, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: U. Scacco, ICRAM, Via di Casalotti 300, 00166, Rome, Italy, and CoNISMa, Via Isonzo 32, 00198, Rome, Italy email: umbertoscacco@hotmail.com
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Abstract

On 30 April 2008, a male specimen of the giant devil ray Mobula mobular was by-caught alive by a pelagic pair trawler in the central Adriatic Sea. The specimen was examined, measured (disc length and disc width, clasper and cephalic fin length), weighed (total weight) and photorecorded as soon as possible in order to release it alive at sea. This occurrence represents the first documented record of M. mobular in the Adriatic Sea. The Mediterranean geographical distribution of such a rare mobulid species was discussed and updated.

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Mobula mobularAdriatic SeaMediterranean Seaby-catch

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e93
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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