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SpeciesMyliobatiformesMyliobatidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Reef manta ray

Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868)

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Also called
Mobula alfredi
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
4.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
31 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Reef manta ray

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
4.5 mmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
31 yearsmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
3.5
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.5 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Reef manta ray yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderMyliobatiformes
  5. ›familyMyliobatidae
  6. ›genusMobula
  7. ›speciesMobula alfredi
Full lineage
  1. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  2. familyMyliobatidae
  3. subfamilyMobulinae
  4. genusMobula
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. superorderBatoidea
  9. orderMyliobatiformes
  10. familyMyliobatidae
  11. subfamilyMobulinae
  12. genusMobula
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In other languages
Mobula alfredi (de), Mobula alfredi (it), Mobula alfredi (es), Mobula alfredi (fr), Mobula alfredi (bg), Mobula alfredi (ru) … and 8 more languages
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