Turks and Caicos
Turks and Caicos
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Elasmobranchii (Class)
└Batoidea (Infraclass)
└Myliobatiformes (Order)
└Mobulidae (Family)
└Mobula (Genus)
└M. birostris (Species)
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