Unprecedented landing of spine tail devil ray Mobula japanica(Muller & Henle, 1841) at Tharuvaikulam, Tuticorin

The spine tail devil ray Mobula japanica (Muller & Henle, 1841) is a large zooplanktivorous ray circumglobally distributed within tropical to warm temperate waters. This species belong to the family Mobulidae. In the genus Mobula, the mouth is located ventrally and is currently represented by nine recognised species.