![]() ![]() ![]() Groups of these animals have been seen participating in this behavior, breaching one after the other. Three types of jumps have been observed, forward jumps landing head first, forward jumps landing tail first, and somersaulting. ![]() Mantas have been observed breaching, jumping clear of the water and returning with a splash. birostris sometimes swim in loose aggregations and spends considerable time near the surface. It sometimes migrates into temperate waters. It swims by flapping its large pectoral fins, and is usually observed near the surface or in the mid-waters of reefs and lagoons. birostris ranges from near shore to pelagic, occurring over the continental shelf near reef habitats and offshore islands. World distribution map for the Giant Manta Other locations include the east coast of Africa, in the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, as well as the Indo-Pacific. Occasionally this ray is observed as far north as New Jersey and San Diego. In the western Atlantic Ocean, this includes South Carolina (US) south to Brazil and Bermuda. The manta inhabits temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide, between 35° N and 35° S latitudes. Other names include diable de mer (French), duivelsrog (Dutch), jamanta (Portuguese), manta (Italian), manta atlantica (Spanish), oni-itomaki-ei (Japanese), raya (Spanish), teufelsrochen (German), and urjamanta (Portuguese). Manta ray, Atlantic manta, Australian devilray, blanketfish, devil ray, devilfish, devil-ray, eagle ray, giant devil ray, giant manta, giant Atlantic manta, great devilfish, manta, manta ray, Pacific manta, prince alfreds ray, sea devil, and skeete are common names in English language. Synonyms include Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill 1824, Cephalopterus manta Bancroft 1829, Manta americana Bancroft 1829, Ceratoptera johnii Müller & Henle 1841, Ceratoptera alfredi Krefft 1868, Brachioptilon hamiltoni Hamilton & Newman 1849, Raja manatia Bloch & Schneider 1801, Manta hamiltoni Hamilton & Newman 1849, and Manta alfredi Krefft 1868. Manta birostris was first described by Dondorff in 1798. They are circumglobal and are typically found in tropical and subtropical waters, but can also be found in temperate waters. The giant oceanic manta ray ( Manta birostris) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae, and the largest type of ray in the world. ![]()
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