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It is the only mobulid species that lives in the Mediterranean Sea. The species has been observed to have a maximum recorded length of disk width of 5.2 meters (roughly 17 feet). [5] However, those data are unreliable and are allegedly misunderstood as Giant oceanic Manta Rays that have strayed into the Mediterranean.
The genus was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810 describing the devil fish, Raia mobular or now Mobula mobular.The name can be explained from Latin mobilis "mobile" or "movable", because of the species' migratory habits; [7] [8] another explanation is that mobula is a local name used by people living in Azores who call this creature there.
Devilfish, the venomous fish Inimicus didactylus; Devilfish, an alternative name for the European angler Lophius piscatorius; Devilfish, an alternative and possibly obsolete name for the octopus; Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus), called devil fish because of their self-defensive behavior when hunted; Devil fish, two Australian fishes:
caudal fin: composed of 2–4 spines and 4-14 soft rays, with dark bands at basal and subterminal positions. pelvic fin: composed of one spine and 3–5 soft rays. pectoral fin: composed of 10–12 rays. The two most caudal rays of each pectoral fin are detached from the rest of the fin, and angled in a ventral direction. The fish employ these ...
caudal fin: composed of 2–4 spines and 4–14 soft rays, with dark bands at basal and subterminal positions. pelvic fin: composed of one spine and 3–5 soft rays. pectoral fin: composed of 10–12 rays. The two most caudal rays of each pectoral fin are detached from the rest of the fin, and angled in a ventral direction. The fish employ ...
They like cold water, at depths of 20 to 500 m (66–1,640 ft). [12] They are usually found in water temperatures of −1 to 11 °C (30–52 °F). Since they can live in near-freezing waters (salt water only freezes at slightly below 0 °C or 32 °F), to keep their blood moving smoothly, they contain a natural antifreeze .
The triplewart seadevil was first formally described in 1883 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with its type locality given as off New York in the western North Atlantic at 39°18'30"N, 68°24'00"W, Albatross station 2101, from a depth of 1,686 fathoms (10,116 ft; 3,083 m). [5]
Inimicus filamentosus, also known as the filament-finned stinger, barred ghoul, two-stick stingfish, or devil scorpionfish, is a member of the Inimicus genus of venomous fishes. It is a member of the Synanceiidae (devilfishes, goblinfishes, and stonefishes) family of the Scorpaeniformes order of ray-finned fishes .