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- Code Number:
- AACV01P11_19
- Title:
- Manta Ray, (Manta birostris), Maldives
- Size: Largest - 30 feet wing span, average 20 feet wing span.
Weight: Largest - about 3000 pounds.
Food: Plankton, small fish and crustaceans.? They have no teeth.
Stinger: Mantas do not have a stinging spine.
Babies: Born via aplacental viviparity.? This means eggs form and develop inside the mother. The babies are born live and weigh about 20 pounds.
Kingdom: Animalia
Kingdom: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: Manta
Species: Manta birostris
(Walbaum, 1792) - Keywords:
- Image by:
- Horst Fulle
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