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Bookmark or Share- Reef Manta Ray (Mobula alfredi) Species Guide — Manta TrustOVERVIEW. IUCN Red Listclassification. The reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi)is one of the largest and most iconic marine species. Because reef manta rays frequent relatively shallow waters along the coastal reefs of continents and oceanic islands, they are more commonly encountered by divers and snorkellers than their oceanic manta raycousins.
- Manta ray | Description, Size, Diet, & Facts | BritannicaManta ray, any of several genera of marine rays comprising the family Mobulidae (class Selachii). Flattened and wider than they are long, manta rays have fleshy enlarged pectoral fins that look like wings; extensions of those fins, looking like a devil’s horns, project as the cephalic fins from the.
- Manta Ray Guide: The Ocean's Graceful Flyers - Ocean InfoManta Rays are the majestic flying carpets of the sea. Intelligent creatures, and super friendly to humans, divers love them. Physical Characteristics. Length: 6-20 feet (1.8-6 meters) Weight: 1,300-3,000 pounds (590-1,360 kilograms) Lifespan: Up to 50 years. Key Information. Scientific name: Manta birostris.
- Manta Ray - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting FactsManta rays, also known as “devil rays,” or “devilfish,” are large members of the eagle ray family. Those nicknames come from the horn-shaped fins on their face, called “cephalic fins.”. The curved cephalic fins give a devil horn-like appearance to the rays. These fish can be immense, and the wingspan of the largest of the two ...
- Oceanic Manta Ray (Mobula birostris) Species Guide - Manta TrustIUCN Red Listclassification. The oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris)is the largest ray species in the world with a disc width of up to 700cm in extremely large specimens. Oceanic manta rays appear to spend much of their time in the open ocean away from reefs, diving hundreds of metres into the deep scattering layer to find their zooplankton prey.
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