Mobula alfredi Alfred manta

Mobula alfredi is commonly referred to as Alfred manta. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7655 

AphiaID:

298794 

Scientific:

Mobula alfredi 

German:

Riffmanta 

English:

Alfred Manta 

Category:

Stingrays 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Mobula (Genus) > alfredi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Krefft, ), 1868 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Sudan, (the) Maldives, Australia, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tuamoto Islands, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 120 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 196.85" (500 cm) 

Weight:

1.3 Tonnen 

Temperature:

24,3 °F - 84.2 °F (24,3°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Krill, Mysis, Phytoplankton, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mobula eregoodootenkee
• 
  Mobula hypostoma
  Kleiner Teufelsrochen, Atlantischer Zwerg-Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula kuhlii
  Kurzflossen-Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula mobular
  Teufelsrochen
• 
  Mobula munkiana
  Teufelsrochen
• Mobula rochebrunei
• 
  Mobula tarapacana
  Sichelflossen-Rochen
• 
  Mobula thurstoni
  Bentfin-Teufelsrochen, Thurstons Teufelsrochen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mobula alfredi
  Riffmanta
• 
  Mobula birostris
  Riesenmanta, Teufelsrochen; Riesenmantarochen
• 
  Mobula cf. birostris
  Karibischer Riesenmanta

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-31 21:03:15 

Last edit:

2024-04-06 18:00:01 

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