Common Name: Manta Rays Scientific Name: Manta Type: Fish Average Life Span: up to 50 years Size: Up to 29 feet IUCN Red List Status: ? Vulnerable LC NT VU EN CR EW EX Least Concern Extinct Manta rays—highly intelligent and highly threatened—are the largest rays in the world. ...
Manta Ray Fact SheetFamily name: Myliobatidae, subfamily Mobulinae Order name: Batoides Common name: Manta ray Scientific name: Manta Birostris and Manta AlfrediDistinguishing FeaturesThey can grow to 6.7m wide, weigh up to 1,400 kg, and are the largest of all rays. The Spanish word ...
Scientific Name:The scientific name of the giant manta ray is Mobula birostris. It was previously classified as Manta birostris. Size:Giant manta rays are the largest species of rays, with a wingspan that can reach up to 9 meters (30 feet). Despite their size, they are graceful swimmers....
in recent scientific history. for many decades researchers had classified only one species of manta ray, but in 2008 dr andrea marshall and her colleagues described the giant manta ray as a separate species. the fact that the largest rays in the ocean remained cryptic for so long hints at th...
The Mobulidae family comprises nine extant manta and devil ray (mobulid) species in the monogeneric genus Mobula, of which five occur in Peruvian waters. In this study, we assessed mobulid ray landings and trade along the coast of Peru by analysing historical captures, monitoring landing sites...
“wings” resembling the fins of a manta ray, to kite-shaped, to oval, to spherical. The left side of the cell body often displays a characteristic blunt projection, which we sometimes observed in our new strains, although less conspicuously (Fig.1; see the detailed morphological description ...