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Implementation of the international treaty for Mantas included on CITES Appendix II is challenging due to insufficient information on species identification and markets management. To fill the gap in such aspects, we identified five species of Mobulid rays (<jats:italic>Mobula<\/jats:italic> spps. and <jats:italic>Manta<\/jats:italic> spp) by using COI and NADH2 mtDNA markers in dried ray gill rakers from Chinese markets, namely, <jats:italic>Mobula japonica<\/jats:italic> (representing 54.8% of the sample set), <jats:italic>M. tarapacana<\/jats:italic> (14.4%), <jats:italic>M. kuhlii<\/jats:italic> (13.3%), <jats:italic>M. thurstoni<\/jats:italic> (6.4%), along with <jats:italic>Manta birostris<\/jats:italic> (11.2%; CITES Appendix II). The utilization and conservation statuses of these species were discussed. 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