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The giant manta bears its name rightly, it can reach a size of over 9 meters, to imagine this size once, a conventional classroom in schools is "just" 10 meters long!
Despite its size, the manta ray is not a danger to humans, it lives planktivor of small marine life that it filters from the water, in addition to mobile crustaceans long small fish in the mouth of the manta ray.
Mobula birostris is considered highly endangered, man is also involved in this, the manta ray is pursued in industrial and artisanal fisheries both deliberately and unintentionally, weighing up to 4 tons (this is equivalent to 8,000 packages of roasted coffee a 500gr.), the giant ray provides a lot of meat and protein.
These rays are caught using a wide range of fishing gear, including harpoons, drift nets, purse seines, gill nets, fish traps, trawls and longlines. Manta rays are also caught in swim nets.
Although there is no direct evidence, there is great concern about the effects of climate change, ocean acidification, oil spills, and other forms of pollution and contamination (e.g., heavy metals) on the rays.
In addition, nursery habitats in shallow water lagoons are affected by habitat loss and degradation, which pose a threat to juvenile giant manta rays (maximum of 2 individuals per litter).
in the oceans, injured animals are often seen and filmed with sharks tearing large chunks of flesh from their bodies. Such injuries can lead to crippling or death of the animals.
Like many other large animals, the giant manta ray has a number of so-called companion fish that stay in close proximity to the manta ray to provide some protection due to its size.
These include:
Juvenile Black Mackerel (Carnax lugubris) , Pilotfish (Naucratis doctor) , Striped Shipwrights (Echeneis naucrates) and the Common Shipwright (Remora remora), the latter of which can be energy-efficiently moved to new, promising feeding areas.
Synonyms:
Brachioptilon hamiltoni Hamilton & Newman, 1849
Cephaloptera stelligera Günther, 1870
Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829
Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824
Ceratoptera ehrenbergi Müller & Henle, 1841
Ceratoptera ehrenbergii Müller & Henle, 1841
Ceratoptera johnii Müller & Henle, 1841
Manta americana Bancroft, 1829
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Manta brevirostris Auctorum
Manta ehrenbergii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Manta hamiltoni (Hamilton & Newman, 1849)
Manta raya Baer, 1899
Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792
Raja manatia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Despite its size, the manta ray is not a danger to humans, it lives planktivor of small marine life that it filters from the water, in addition to mobile crustaceans long small fish in the mouth of the manta ray.
Mobula birostris is considered highly endangered, man is also involved in this, the manta ray is pursued in industrial and artisanal fisheries both deliberately and unintentionally, weighing up to 4 tons (this is equivalent to 8,000 packages of roasted coffee a 500gr.), the giant ray provides a lot of meat and protein.
These rays are caught using a wide range of fishing gear, including harpoons, drift nets, purse seines, gill nets, fish traps, trawls and longlines. Manta rays are also caught in swim nets.
Although there is no direct evidence, there is great concern about the effects of climate change, ocean acidification, oil spills, and other forms of pollution and contamination (e.g., heavy metals) on the rays.
In addition, nursery habitats in shallow water lagoons are affected by habitat loss and degradation, which pose a threat to juvenile giant manta rays (maximum of 2 individuals per litter).
in the oceans, injured animals are often seen and filmed with sharks tearing large chunks of flesh from their bodies. Such injuries can lead to crippling or death of the animals.
Like many other large animals, the giant manta ray has a number of so-called companion fish that stay in close proximity to the manta ray to provide some protection due to its size.
These include:
Juvenile Black Mackerel (Carnax lugubris) , Pilotfish (Naucratis doctor) , Striped Shipwrights (Echeneis naucrates) and the Common Shipwright (Remora remora), the latter of which can be energy-efficiently moved to new, promising feeding areas.
Synonyms:
Brachioptilon hamiltoni Hamilton & Newman, 1849
Cephaloptera stelligera Günther, 1870
Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829
Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824
Ceratoptera ehrenbergi Müller & Henle, 1841
Ceratoptera ehrenbergii Müller & Henle, 1841
Ceratoptera johnii Müller & Henle, 1841
Manta americana Bancroft, 1829
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Manta brevirostris Auctorum
Manta ehrenbergii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Manta hamiltoni (Hamilton & Newman, 1849)
Manta raya Baer, 1899
Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792
Raja manatia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
