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Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray

Mobula hypostoma

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 4, May 3, June 2, July 2, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 2, December 2.
United States99
Alabama27
North Carolina8
Louisiana3
Mexico2
Yucatan2
Brazil2
South Carolina1
Espirito Santo1
Rio de Jeneiro1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassCartilaginous Fishes · Chondrichthyes
OrderStingrays · Myliobatiformes
FamilyDevil Rays · Mobulidae
GenusDevil Rays · Mobula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.