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—giant manta, giant manta ray
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Hamilton and Newman, 1849
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B044B69DE9B62" box="[151,384,859,883]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Cephaloptera diabolus</emphasis>
Valenciennes, 1839
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B0469692C9B80" box="[151,370,889,913]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Cephalopterus manta</emphasis>
Bancroft, 1829
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B04886A739BA1" authority="Mitchill, 1824" authorityName="Mitchill" authorityYear="1824" box="[151,557,919,944]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Cephalopterus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vampyrus">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B048869CB9BA1" box="[151,405,920,944]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Cephalopterus vampyrus</emphasis>
Mitchill, 1824
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B04A769309BDE" box="[151,366,951,975]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Ceratoptera birostris</emphasis>
(Walbaum, 1792)
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B04C669D39BFC" box="[151,397,981,1005]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Ceratoptera ehrenbergii</emphasis>
Müller and Henle, 1841
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Müller and Henle, 1841
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B03036A459C3A" authority="Swainson, 1839" authorityName="Swainson" authorityYear="1839" box="[151,539,1042,1067]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Ceratoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lesueurii">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B0303692C9C3A" box="[151,370,1043,1067]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Ceratoptera lesueurii</emphasis>
Swainson, 1839
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B032269849C58" authority="Lloyd, 1908" authorityName="Lloyd" authorityYear="1908" box="[151,474,1073,1098]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Ceratoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orissa">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B032269099C58" box="[151,343,1074,1097]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Ceratoptera orissa</emphasis>
Lloyd, 1908
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B03406A5D9C79" authority="Holmes, 1859" authorityName="Holmes" authorityYear="1859" box="[151,515,1103,1128]" class="Sarcopterygii" genus="Diabolichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dipteriformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elliotti">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B034069309C79" box="[151,366,1104,1128]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Diabolichthys elliotti</emphasis>
Holmes, 1859
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B037F690A9C96" box="[151,340,1135,1159]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Manatia lacepedei</emphasis>
Billberg, 1833
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B039E69129CB4" box="[151,332,1166,1189]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Manta americana</emphasis>
Bancroft, 1829
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B03BD696B9CD5" box="[151,309,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Manta birostris</emphasis>
(Walbaum, 1792)
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B03DB69969CF2" authority="Whitley, 1936" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1936" box="[151,456,1226,1251]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Manta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pinchoti">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B03DB696D9CF2" box="[151,307,1227,1251]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Manta pinchoti</emphasis>
Whitley, 1936
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B03FA69DD9D10" authority="Baer, 1899" authorityName="Baer" authorityYear="1899" box="[151,387,1257,1281]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Manta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="raya">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B03FA69509D10" box="[151,270,1258,1281]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Manta raya</emphasis>
Baer, 1899
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B021969969D31" authority="Walbaum, 1792" authorityName="Walbaum" authorityYear="1792" box="[151,456,1287,1312]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="birostris">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B0219697C9D31" box="[151,290,1288,1312]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Raja birostris</emphasis>
Walbaum, 1792
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<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FF0B0237698D9D2E" authority="Lacepede, 1802" authorityName="Lacepede" authorityYear="1802" box="[151,467,1318,1343]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fimbriata">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B023769759D2E" box="[151,299,1319,1343]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Raja fimbriata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FEAE0236698D9D2E" author="Lacepede, B. G. E." box="[306,467,1318,1343]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" refId="ref18643" refString="Lacepede, B. G. E. (1802) Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Vol. 4. Plassan, Paris, xliv + 728 pp., 16 pls." type="book" year="1802">Lacepède, 1802</bibRefCitation>
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<subSubSection id="C322B4E76673FFC3FF0B027C6CC49E4E" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B87E76C6673FFC3FF0B027C68BB9DDE" blockId="21.[151,1437,1388,2027]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF0B027C696F9D96" bold="true" box="[151,305,1388,1415]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is largely pelagic and sightings have been made throughout the northern GOM (SEFSC, unpublished data).
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FEEF02816B619DBA" author="Pattengill-Semmens, C. V. &amp; Gittings, S. R." box="[371,831,1425,1451]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" pagination="500 - 511" refId="ref19877" refString="Pattengill-Semmens, C. V. &amp; Gittings, S. R. (2003) A rapid assessment of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (stony corals, algae and fishes). Atoll Research Bulletin, 496, 500 - 511. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00775630.496 - 27.501" type="journal article" year="2003">Pattengill-Semmens and Gittings (2003)</bibRefCitation>
indicate year round presence at the Flower Gardens Banks.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87E76C6673FFC3FF5B02C86CC49E4E" blockId="21.[151,1437,1388,2027]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF5B02C8698F9DE2" bold="true" box="[199,465,1496,1523]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">First Record in GOM.</emphasis>
With the emergence of a second putative manta species in the northern GOM (
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FAD902C969FB9E09" authority=", See Below" authorityName="See Below" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Mobula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="birostris">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FAD902C96DC29DE2" box="[1349,1436,1497,1523]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Mobula</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF2002ED69449E06" box="[188,282,1533,1559]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">birostris</emphasis>
, See Below
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), it is difficult to determine which sightings refer to
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FC6902EE6C279E06" box="[1013,1145,1533,1559]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">M. birostris</emphasis>
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and which to
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FA8702EE6D649E06" box="[1307,1338,1534,1559]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">M.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FAF902ED68999E2A" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">birostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. At present however, the first record of this species from the northern GOM appears to be a sighting by Royal Marine Captain Triscott from off the mouth of the
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River in 1808 (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C322B4E76673FFC3FF5B017968A69FFA" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B87E76C6673FFC3FF5B01796CCA9FB2" blockId="21.[151,1437,1388,2027]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF5B017969659E92" bold="true" box="[199,315,1641,1667]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Remarks.</emphasis>
The taxonomic history of this species is long and convoluted (see Synonyms above). Many proposed synonyms are based on poor descriptions or even poorer illustrations and in many cases the only evidence toward synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FECC01A16A519EDA" box="[336,527,1713,1739]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Mobula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="birostris">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FECC01A16A519EDA" box="[336,527,1713,1739]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Mobula birostris</emphasis>
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is the size of the individual(s) reported and/or the location of capture/sighting. The presence of a second putative manta species in the western Atlantic confuses the issue even further. In some cases (
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF7F01EA69559F02" box="[227,267,1786,1811]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">e.g.</emphasis>
Lacapede 1802) there is associated information in a description that contradicts synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FAD901E968AB9F26" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Mobula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="birostris">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FAD901E968AB9F26" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Mobula birostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as much as confirms it. Until recently (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FD36000D6BD19F26" author="Marshall, A. D. &amp; Compagno, L. J. V. &amp; Bennett, M. B." box="[682,911,1821,1847]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" pagination="1 - 28" refId="ref18860" refString="Marshall, A. D., Compagno, L. J. V. &amp; Bennett, M. B. (2009) Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa, 2301 (1), 1 - 28. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2301.1.1" type="journal article" year="2009">
Marshall
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FC89000E6B139F26" box="[789,845,1821,1847]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">et al.</emphasis>
2009
</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FC3E000D6CB59F29" authority="(Krefft, 1868)" baseAuthorityName="Krefft" baseAuthorityYear="1868" box="[930,1259,1821,1848]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Mobula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alfredi">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FC3E000D6C179F26" box="[930,1097,1821,1847]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Mobula alfredi</emphasis>
(Krefft, 1868)
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was considered a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FEA8005169AE9F4A" box="[308,496,1857,1883]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Mobula birostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and both of these species were previously placed in the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FB3A00526DC29F4A" authority="Bancroft, 1829" authorityName="Bancroft" authorityYear="1829" box="[1190,1436,1857,1883]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Manta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FB3A00526CB19F4A" box="[1190,1263,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Manta</emphasis>
Bancroft, 1829
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until that genus was invalidated by a recent revision (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FD4300756BFA9F6E" author="White, W. T. &amp; Corrigan, S. &amp; Yang, L. &amp; Henderson, A. C. &amp; Bazinet, A. L. &amp; Swofford, D. L. &amp; Naylor, G. J. P." box="[735,932,1893,1919]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" pagination="50 - 75" refId="ref20831" refString="White, W. T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A. C., Bazinet, A. L., Swofford, D. L. &amp; Naylor, G. J. P. (2018) Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 182 (1), 50 - 75. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / zoolinnean / zlx 018" type="journal article" year="2018">
White
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FCB700766B3C9F6E" box="[811,866,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">et al.</emphasis>
2018
</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FC2900756C119F6E" author="Childs, J. N." box="[949,1103,1893,1919]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" refId="ref16447" refString="Childs, J. N. (2001) The occurrence, habitat use, and behavior of sharks and rays associating with topographic highs in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexic o. Unpublished Thesis, Texas A &amp; M University, College Station, Texas, 213 pp." type="book" year="2001">Childs (2001)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FB1F00756D3B9F6E" author="Stewart, J. D. &amp; Nuttall, M. &amp; Hickerson, E. L. &amp; Johnston, M. A." box="[1155,1381,1893,1919]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" pagination="111" refId="ref20390" refString="Stewart, J. D. &amp; Nuttall, M. &amp; Hickerson, E. L. &amp; Johnston, M. A. (2018) Important juvenile manta ray habitat at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology, 165 (7), 111. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00227 - 018 - 3364 - 5" type="journal article" year="2018">
Stewart
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FB4200766D4B9F6E" box="[1246,1301,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">et al.</emphasis>
(2018)
</bibRefCitation>
both indicated that the Flower Garden Banks serve as important juvenile habitat for this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87E76C6673FFC3FF5B00BC68A69FFA" blockId="21.[151,1437,1388,2027]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF5B00BC699F9FD6" bold="true" box="[199,449,1964,1991]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Conservation Status.</emphasis>
Vulnerable (IUCN), and listed as Threatened under the
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Endangered Species Act.
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