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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | No locality stated. |
| Synonym(s) | Brachioptilon hamiltoni, Cephaloptera stelligera, Cephalopterus manta, Cephalopterus vampyrus, Ceratoptera alfredi, Ceratoptera ehrenbergi, Ceratoptera johnii, Manta americana, Manta birostris, Manta brevirostris, Manta ehrenbergii, Manta hamiltoni, Manta raya, Raja birostris, Raja manatia |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 9100mm or 358.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Circumtropical. Western Atlantic: Bermuda and South Carolina, USA and Brazil to Uruguay, occasionally farther north. Northwest Atlantic: Canada. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3, pp 535. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up M. birostris on Fishbase |
 | Look up M. birostris on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up M. birostris on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:9.226.1526.8513 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:00 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 05:02) |