Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Brachioptilon hamiltoni Hamilton & Newman, 1849, Cephaloptera stelligera Günther, 1870, Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829, Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824, Ceratoptera ehrenbergi Müller & Henle, 1841, Ceratoptera ehrenbergii Müller & Henle, 1841, Ceratoptera johnii Müller & Henle, 1841, Manta americana Bancroft, 1829, Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792), Manta brevirostris Auctorum, Manta ehrenbergii (Müller & Henle, 1841), Manta hamiltoni (Hamilton & Newman, 1849), Manta raya Baer, 1899, Raja birostris Walbaum, 1792, Raja manatia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Migrant

Distribution: Gulf of de Mexico, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, South Africa (Horton et al., 2021).

• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.