Mobula yarae occurs from the eastern United States to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Notes on verification
Claim is verbatim consistent with FishBase, WoRMS, and popular science outlets, but all sources trace back to a single primary taxonomic description (Bucair et al. 2025). Lack of independent corroborating lines of evidence limits confidence despite consistent repetition.
Sources
- Oceanic Manta Ray | MarineBio (marinebio.org)
- https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Mobula_yarae.html (fishbase.se)
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1830940&from=rss (marinespecies.org)
- https://marinemegafauna.org/news/third-manta-ray-species-mobula-yarae-discovered-in-atlantic-ocean (marinemegafauna.org)
- https://oceana.org/blog/a-new-manta-in-the-atlantic-meet-mobula-yarae/ (oceana.org)