Manta

Manta birostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Myliobatiformes Subordo: Myliobatoidei Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Myliobatidae
Genus: Manta
Species: M. alfredi – M. birostris

Name

Manta Bancroft, 1829

• Type species: Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829

Etymology: Spanish for blanket, reportedly a name used by pearl divers between Panama and Guayaquil to designate an enormous fish they feared could devour them after enveloping them in its vast “wings”; however, some early accounts give the name as manatia, which may be an indigenous name later abridged to manta. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Brachioptilon Hamilton in Newman, 1849
• Ceratoptera Müller & Henle, 1837
• Daemomanta Whitley, 1932
• Diabolicthys Holmes, 1856

References

• Bancroft, E. N., 1829: On the fish known in Jamaica as the sea-devil. Zoological Journal, London, 4 (16) (art. 55): 444-457.
• Marshall, A.D.; Compagno, L.J.V.; Bennett, M.B. 2009: Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa, 2301: 1-28. Abstract & excerpt

Links

• Manta and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & Van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2016. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Manta species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2015.
• Manta Bancroft, 1829 Report on ITIS

Vernacular Names

English: Manta Ray
ไทย: ปลากระเบนราหู, ปลากระเบนแมนตา

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