| Citation | Bustamante, C., L.I.E. Couturier and M.B. Bennett, 2012, First record of Mobula japanica (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae) from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean.. Mar. Biodiv. Rec. 5:e48 |
| Ref. | Bustamante, C., L.I.E. Couturier and M.B. Bennett, 2012 |
| Page | 2;fig.2;tab.1 |
| Named Used as Valid | Mobula japanica |
| Comment | first record |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Eastern Pacific: Chile (BahÃa Inglesa) |
| Quote | First record from a single specimen found beach-washed at BahÃa Inglesa. The presence of this temperate-tropical species at about 27° south of its previously recorded range may be explained by the absence of rigorous species-specific landing reports along the coasts of Peru and Chile. Another possible reason is that a strong warm phase of El Niño Southern Oscillation may have facilitated this epipelagic species to travel towards higher latitudes (Ref. 126352). |