MANTA RAY
Manta birostris
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Manta rays are the largest rays and are closely related to sharks. These harmless rays have a short tail and no stinging spine. They are very acrobatic; they can even leap from the water.
Manta Ray Facts
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Manta Ray
The Manta Ray is the largest of the ray type of fish and a close relative of the shark. Unlike other fish, rays do not have bones--their skeleton is made of cartilage.
Manta
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see ray.
More on Manta
Ray - extremely flat-bodied cartilaginous marine fish, related to the shark.
Mantas have recently been captured on film while breaching. This had been reported in the past, but without any conclusive evidence. In the last few years, sharks have also been photographed while leaping out of the water.
Manta ray
Manta rays are one of the most easily identified fish off tropical shores, owing to their large, triangular pectoral 'wings' that can span up to nearly 7m.
Giant Manta Ray Manta birostris
Divers often describe the experience of swimming beneath a manta ray as like being overtaken by a huge flying saucer.
Pacific Manta Ray
The manta ray, which makes up this family, is one of the largest fishes. They feed primary on plankton though they do eat fish.
Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers, Micronesia
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The Devil Ray also known as the Manta Ray is flat and wide ray with enlarged pectoral fins. In front of the head it has got two cephalic lobes. In the mouth there are plenty of teeth located only in the lower jaw.
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Manta rays, and reef sharks.
Habitat
Coral and rock reefs; Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Manta Rays' Deep-Sea Secrets Revealed
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Manta rays tracked by satellite
(05/11/2012) Satellite tracking technology has revealed new insights into the behavior of manta rays, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
large Manta Ray sp. (1): Perhaps 7-8' wing spread.
Mola mola, Ocean Sunfish (1)
Flying Fish
Bluefin Tuna ...
Discussion Mantas are pelagic and are only seen when leaping out of the water or basking on the surface. The cephalic fins are used for steering and to direct food into the mouth. Regardless of their size, mantas are harmless to man.
Bycatch of manta ray (Manta birostris) and leatherback turtle (Dermochelis coriacea). French Tuna purse-seine fishery in the Atlantic ocean. Sept. 1998
Illegal wildlife trade items seized at customs - Marine turtles, Giant clam etc ...
Stingrays vs. Manta Rays - Received from Katie in USA
Q: What is the difference of a stingeray and a manta ray??
Mantanani Scops Owl, Otus mantananensis
Ryukyu Scops Owl, Otus elegans
Sulawesi Scops Owl, Otus manadensis
Sangihe Scops Owl, Otus collari
Simeulue Scops Owl, Otus umbra
Enggano Scops Owl, Otus enganensis
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The hairy-eared dwarf lemur occurs in several protected areas, including Analamazaotra Special Reserve and Forest Station (15), Mantadia National Park (15), Zahamena National Park (8) (9), Anjanaharibe-sud Special Reserve (12) (13), ...
Spotted eagle ray and manta ray listed as Data Deficient; several stingray species listed (1 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable, 1 species Lower Risk/Near Threatened)
CITES
Not listed ...
Distribution: Philippines, Sulu Archipelago, Mantanini and Siamil Islands, Borneo, Maratua Islands, Siau and Great Sangir, Talaud Island, Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) - part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia ...
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It works rather immensely, if the dark Mantas with its wide, flat swinging "fly" elegantly through the water. The span of a flipper-top to the other c...
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MYLIOBATIFORMES
deepwater stingrays, sixgill stingrays, stingrays, butterfly rays, eagle rays, cownose rays, manta rays, devil rays, round stingrays, river stingrays
SPOTTED EAGLE RAY
SUBCLASS HOLOCEPHALI ...
This clade includes many rays that eat hard prey, as well as the massive plantivore - the manta ray. Myliobatids are known from the Upper Cretaceous onwards, and occur today in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
Sumatra.
(2) C. and s. Sumatra.
(3) E. Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, and Sumbawa.
(4) Timor Is.
(5) Alor.
(6) N. Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu).
(7) Nw. Borneo.
(8) Sw. Philippines (Palawan, Mt. Mantalingajan).
eastern Pacific from Oregon to the Sea of Cortez and near the Galapagos Islands
Relatives:
manta rays, pelagic stingrays; Subclass: Elasmobranchii (skates, rays and sharks); Family: Myliobatidae (eagle rays) ...
(Dasyatis brevis), Epaulette Shark (Hemiscymum) Hemiscyllidae, Freshwater Stingray (Paratrygon) Dasyatidae, Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhynobatos typus), Great White Shark, Horned Shark (Heterodontus francisci), Leopard Shark (Trakis semisciata), Manta ...
Sweeping:- Mouth large to very large, jaws with few or no teeth, gillrakers many and long. Herring, Paddlefish, Manta Rays, Basking Shark.
Scrapers:-Jaws weak with few or no teeth. Lower lip modified to possess a bony cutting edge. Nase ...
Dorsal view of Manta Ray scales / thorns
Dorsal view of the head of a Crocodilefish
Dot-and-Dash Butterflyfish, Chaetodon pelewensis (Kner, 1868)
Double Drummer
Double drummer cicada emerging ...
 See also: Manta ray, Coral, Shark, Ray, Dolphin
  
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