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title: "Shorthorned Pygmy Devil Ray"
description: "Mobula kuhlii — Fish. Mobula kuhlii, the shortfin devil ray, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/shorthorned-pygmy-devil-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shorthorned Pygmy Devil Ray

> Mobula kuhlii — Fish. Mobula kuhlii, the shortfin devil ray, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae.

- Scientific name: *Mobula kuhlii*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 114
- Wikidata: [Q5015132](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5015132)
- iNaturalist taxon: [105922](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/105922)

## Names

- en: Shorthorned Pygmy Devil Ray
- de: Kuhls Teufelsrochen
- es: Manta de aleta corta
- fr: Petit diable

## Countries with the most observations

MV (24), ID (19), MZ (8), SB (8), ZA (5), AU (4), SC (3), TZ (3)

## Summary

Mobula kuhlii, the shortfin devil ray, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is endemic to the Indian Ocean and central-west Pacific Ocean. It ranges from South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and the Seychelles in the west to the Philippines and Indonesia in the east, and southward to the northern coast of Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobula_kuhlii

## Photo

![Shorthorned Pygmy Devil Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shorthorned-pygmy-devil-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191913205

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shorthorned-pygmy-devil-ray?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).