Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Giant Manta Ray
Mobula birostris
Giant Manta Ray
Also known as: Pelagic Manta Ray, Oceanic Manta
Category: Manta Rays
Scientific Name: Mobula birostris
Synonyms: Manta birostris
Size: 6 to 24 ft. (1.8 to 7 m)  
Depth: 0-40 ft. (0-12 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Batoidea (Infraclass) Rays
    └Myliobatiformes (Order) Stingrays
     └Mobulidae (Family) Manta Rays
      └Mobula (Genus)
       └M. birostris (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1026118🔗
iNaturalist ID: 623966🔗

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