First description of a giant manta ray fetus Mobula birostris (Walbaum 1792) from Tumbes, Peru (Southeast Pacific).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.12
Abstract: The population of Mobula birostris ("giant manta ray") found in the waters of northern Peru and Ecuador is believed to be the largest in the world (Harding Beirwagen, 2009). This species is considered to be… read more here.
Keywords: manta ray; mobula birostris; tumbes peru; giant manta ... See more keywords
First photographic evidence of oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) at two locations in the Fiji islands
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13883
Abstract: Until the revision of the genus Manta in 2009, when a second manta species (Manta alfredi) was resurrected based on morphological and meristic data, all available records in Fijian literature were recorded as Manta birostris.… read more here.
Keywords: manta; evidence oceanic; oceanic manta; mobula birostris ... See more keywords