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title: "Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray"
description: "Mobula hypostoma — Vissen. The lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma) is a species of devil ray in the family Mobulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atlantic-pygmy-devil-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray

> Mobula hypostoma — Vissen. The lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma) is a species of devil ray in the family Mobulidae.

- Scientific name: *Mobula hypostoma*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 173
- Wikidata: [Q4548397](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4548397)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49694](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49694)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray
- de: Westatlantischer Teufelsrochen
- es: Manta del Atlántico
- fr: Diable géant de l'Atlantique

## Countries with the most observations

US (99), MX (10), BR (4)

## Summary

The lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma) is a species of devil ray in the family Mobulidae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Garman, Samuel · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Plagiostomia_(Plate_38)_(6001273001).jpg

## Machine access

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