🦈
Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
vs
🐟
Giant manta ray
Mobula birostris
Sharks & rays · Endangered
One clip names both of them
1.8 million views between them.
Sharks outweigh Giant manta ray 1.8× — 5,366 kg against 3,000 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
3,000 kg
🐟 Giant manta ray · FishBase
Body length
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
4.5 m
🐟 Giant manta ray · FishBase
Maximum lifespan
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
20 yr
🐟 Giant manta ray · FishBase
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Elasmobranchii (subclass), home to 1,595 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.