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A top view illustration of an Atlantic manta ray (Manta birostris), showing its wide, diamond-shaped body, wing-like pectoral fins spanning 22 feet, and a long, slender tail.
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Atlantic manta (Manta birostris)
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A top view illustration of an Atlantic manta ray (Manta birostris), showing its wide, diamond-shaped body, wing-like pectoral fins spanning 22 feet, and a long, slender tail.
manta ray Atlantic manta (Manta birostris).

manta ray

fish
Also known as: Mobulidae, devil ray
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manta ray, any of several genera of marine rays comprising the family Mobulidae (class Selachii). Flattened and wider than they are long, manta rays have fleshy enlarged pectoral fins that look like wings; extensions of those fins, looking like a devilā€™s horns, project as the cephalic fins from the front of the head. Manta rays have short whiplike tails provided, in some species, with one or more stinging spines. Manta rays, related to sharks and...

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