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  2. Giant oceanic manta ray - Wikipedia

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    The giant oceanic manta ray can grow up to a maximum of 9 m (30 ft) in length [6] and to a disc size of 7 m (23 ft) across with a weight of about 3,000 kg (6,600 lb), [7] [8] but the average size commonly observed is 4.5 m (15 ft). [9] It is dorsoventrally flattened and has large, triangular pectoral fins on either side of the disc. At the ...

  3. Manta ray - Wikipedia

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    A pink manta ray has been observed in Australia's Great Barrier Reef and scientists believe this could be due to a genetic mutation causing erythrism. [24] The fish, spotted near Lady Elliot Island, is the world's only known pink manta ray. [25] [26] M. alfredi with mouth closed, cephalic fins rolled and ventral surface showing distinctive markings

  4. List of largest fish - Wikipedia

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    The manta ray, here seen at Hin Daeng, Thailand, is the largest ray. Both the largest species of this order and the largest of all rays is the giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris). This peaceful leviathan can reach a size of 3,000 kg (6,600 lb), a "disk" width of 9.1 m (30 ft) and a total length of 5 m (16 ft). [44]

  5. Manta ray courtship off Florida's east coast documented in ...

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    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's fisheries division is trying to get a better count of population sizes and the distribution of giant manta rays in the Atlantic, including ...

  6. The ‘manta ray’ submarine is designed to operate over long distances of water and deliver pay loads to targets US tests giantManta Ray’ drone submarine for long-distance underwater ...

  7. Massive manta ray filmed seeking help from snorkelers in ...

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    An enormous manta ray was filmed repeatedly approaching snorkelers for help after it had gotten fishhooks caught under its eye. Massive manta ray filmed seeking help from snorkelers in Australia ...

  8. List of threatened rays - Wikipedia

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    Manta rays are largest rays in the world, with wingspans reaching 7 metres. [13] They have one of the highest brain-to-body mass ratios of all fish. [14] Manta populations suffer when they are caught as bycatch by fishermen fishing for other species, but fisheries which target manta rays are even more harmful. Manta rays use their gills to ...

  9. Mobula - Wikipedia

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    Mobula alfredi (J. L. G. Krefft, 1868) (reef manta ray) Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792) (giant oceanic manta ray) Mobula eregoodootenkee Bleeker, 1859 (pygmy devil ray) Mobula hypostoma Bancroft, 1831 (lesser devil ray) Mobula japanica J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (spinetail mobula) Mobula kuhlii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (shortfin devil ray)