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WoRMS taxon details
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
AphiaID: 105857
AphiaID: 105857
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Manta (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Manta Bancroft, 1829 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Brachioptilon hamiltoni Hamilton & Newman, 1849 Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829 Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824 Ceratoptera alfredi Anonymous [Krefft], 1868 Ceratoptera johnii Müller & Henle, 1841 Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) Manta americana Bancroft, 1829 Manta hamiltoni (Hamilton & Newman, 1849) Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792 Raja manatia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Chondrichthyes, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358-360 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [details] additional source: Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database., available online at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Collection/collectdata.htm [details] additional source: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://collections.ic.gc.ca/FishAtlas [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (not certain) [details] North West Atlantic [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Mainly oceanic (Ref. 7251) but also encountered in surface or mid-waters of lagoons, shallow muddy bays, off river mouths, and seaward reefs. Occurs singly or in small groups (Ref. 1602). Mainly plankton feeders, but may feed on small and moderate-sized fishes as well (Ref. 9911). Mantas are not aggresive but are dangerous because of their rough skin and huge size which has led to the deaths of deep-sea divers whose airlines have been entangled with these creatures. May be captured by means of the harpon. Leaps out the water every once in a while. [details] Diet: Feeds mainly on plankton, may consume small fishes [details] Distribution: Gulf of Maine to Brazil, and occasionaly further north [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Found to depths of 24 m, mainly in nearshore waters, around coral reefs . [details] Importance: Social - Minor commercial fishery [details] Predators: Sharks [details] Reproduction: Internal fertilization; ovoviviparous [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105857 on 2010-09-02 | |||||||||||
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