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Mobulas, a Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing

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Mobula Rays are elasmobranchs: a subclass of fish, including sharks, skates, and sawfish.

Of the nine species of mobulas, seven are endangered and two are vulnerable according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature .

Researchers Marta Palacios , Melissa Cronin , and Nerea Lezama-Ochoa founded Mobula Conservation .

M. munkiana , a species that use the coasts as nurseries, is vulnerable to climate change.

23 percent of the 132 species of chondrichthyans found to be highly vulnerable to global warming.

Mobulas have long gestation periods of more than 12 months , producing only one offspring at a time.

Meat and gill plates of mobulas are increasingly in demand in Asia .