Mobula yarae occurs from the eastern United States to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
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)
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