65179 Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868) Mobulidae Devilrays Myliobatiformes Elasmobranchii Reef manta ray Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, South Africa, Thailand to Western Australia.; north to Japan (Yaeyama Is.), to Solitary Is., Australia as far east as French Polynesia and the Hawaiian Is. Reported in the Atlantic (Canary and Cape Verde islands) but this species may be restricted more or less to the Indian and Western Pacific only (McEachran, pers.comm. 03/10).