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Extracting Mobula Ray Gill Rakers | Mirissa, Sri Lanka

Fisherman cutting out the gill rakers from a mobula ray (Mobula mobular), photographed at the morning fish market in Mirissa, Sri Lanka. Demand by Asian consumers for gill rakers from manta rays and mobula rays in increasing rapidly, due to the mistaken belief that gill rakers have medicinal properties.

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Cartilaginous Fish Mobula Ray Animalia Chordata Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Mobulidae Rajiformes Mobula mobular Giant Devil Ray Filter Feeder CITES Appendix 2 Endangered: IUCN Red List Indian Ocean Sri Lanka Mirissa Conservation Environment Gill Raker
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Fisherman cutting out the gill rakers from a mobula ray (Mobula mobular), photographed at the morning fish market in Mirissa, Sri Lanka. Demand by Asian consumers for gill rakers from manta rays and mobula rays in increasing rapidly, due to the mistaken belief that gill rakers have medicinal properties.
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