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    Species Accepted

    Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792)

    Atlantic manta
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Mobula
    IUCNEndangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Atlantic manta English
      Australian Devilray English
      Chevron Manta English
      Chevron Manta Ray English
      Devil Ray English
      Devilfish English
      Diable de mer French
      Djevlerokke Norwegian
      Djævlerokke Danish
      Duiwelvis Afrikaans

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      Baer, G. A. (1899). [On the capture of a large Manta, 5.25 m., on the coast of Peru, with remarks on the occurrence of this ray in the gulf of Panama. Discussion by Prof. Vaillant.]. Bulletin Du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Série 1), 5 (3): 111–113. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=465089
      FA Bisby, YR Roskov, MA Ruggiero, TM Orrell, LE Paglinawan, PW Brewer, N Bailly, J van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
      Newman, 1849
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
      Bancroft, E. N. (1829). On the fish known in Jamaica as the sea-devil. Zoological Journal, London, v. 4 (no. 16) (art. 55): 444–457. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=413416
      Page, L. M.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L. T.; Gilbert, C. R.; Lea, R. N.; Mandrak, N. E.; Mayden, R. L.; Nelson, J. S.;. (2013). Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 7th edition.
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      Walbaum, J. J. (1792) Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Greifswald, 723 pp.

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