Oceanic Manta Ray Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792)    Synonyms: Giant Manta Ray.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Chondrichthyes   >   Order Myliobatiformes   >   Family Mobulidae   >   Genus Mobula   

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This is the largest ray in the world. It is circumglobal in distribution, but most frequently encountered in tropical waters. It is classified as globally endangered on the IUCN Red List.

There is 1 record in the project database.

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Oceanic Manta Ray in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Dustin Welch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dustin Welch via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Oceanic Manta Ray in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Dustin Welch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dustin Welch via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Oceanic Manta Ray in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Dustin Welch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dustin Welch via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Oceanic Manta Ray in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Dustin Welch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dustin Welch via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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