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The reef manta ray Mobula alfredi, is a large, pelagic elasmobranch (disc width up to 5 m) found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Oceans, often associated with coastlines and coral or rocky reef habitats.

Photographic identification and citizen science combine to reveal long distance movements of individual reef manta rays Mobula alfredi along Australia's east coast

By far the largest of the ray and skate family, the manta, Mobula birostris, occupies a position of near-mythical status among Florida anglers in the know.

The Ray Connection: ALWAYS WORTH A SECOND LOOK

The final list consisted of the dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor), a commercially important species that, like other species of tuna, has been seriously fished out in many areas; the giant manta ray (Mobula birostris), the graceful creature now vulnerable to extinction; the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), protected worldwide, but still critically endangered because of egg and shell collection; the Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulates), known locally as mameng, now in danger of extinction; and the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), one of Tubbataha's flagship species, now mostly seen only in the park.

Tubbataha marks 30 by celebrating its Big Five-both species and supporters

The present study provides basic information on trophic interactions of four pelagic elasmobranchs captured by small-scale driftnet fisheries in northern Peru: the pelagic sharks Alopias spp., Sphyrnazygaena and Galeorhinus galeus, and the batoid Mobula japanica.

Isotopic niches of four commercially important pelagic elasmobranch species captured by the small-scale driftnet fishery of northern Peru

One of the most beautiful scenes in episode one shows mobula rays feeding on plankton.

Blueming amazing; TV RULES WAVES TO CAPTURE DRAMA OF DEEP

Suction cameras capture a humpback whale's eye view as it gulps down 100 kilos of herring, while graceful mobula rays feast on bioluminescent plankton.

WATER WONDERFUL WORLD; TV GUIDE; OUR PICK OF THE WEEK; Prepare to be amazed as Sir David Att enborough invites us to take another look at life under the sea

In the tropics, dolphins surf for what looks like sheer pleasure, while in temperate seas, mobula rays create an enchanting display at night.

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Asimismo, Csilla (2011) reconoce a Manta borostris como el batoideo con mayor masa cerebral, mientras que Mobula japanica es la que tiene mayor masa telencefalica.

Comparative Anatomy of the Neurocranium and Encephalon of the Butterfly Ray, Gymnura micrura (Batoidea: Gymnuridae)/Anatomia Comparada del Neurocraneo y el Encefalo de la Raya Mariposa Gymnura micrura (Batoidea: Gymnuridae)

1 -- -- Carcharhinus longimanus 8 1.2 100.0 Pteroplatytrygon violacea 25 11.0 100.0 Lamna nasus 2 -- -- Pseudocarcharias kamoharai 1 -- -- Mobula sp.

Effects of leader material on catches of shallow pelagic longline fisheries in the southwest Indian Ocean