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Manta birostris

Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS, Sharks (2016)
IUCN StatusVulnerable
Date of entry in Appendix I2011
Date of entry in Appendix II2011
Geographic range
Countries Australia, Belize, Bermuda (UK), Brazil, Cayman Islands (UK), China, Christmas Island (Australia), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao (Netherlands), Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, French Guiana (France), Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands (USA), Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela
Common names
EnglishManta Ray
FrenchDiable De Mer
SpanishManta diablo
GermanRiesenmanta
Taxonomy
ClassChondrichthyes
OrderMyliobatiformes
FamilyMobulidae
Scientific name Manta birostris
Author(Walbaum, 1792)
Standard referenceEschmeyer, W.N. (1990). Catalogue of the Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California.

Other details
Additional notesCites listing: Appendix I

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