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Scientific Name: Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
English Name: Giant manta
Local/Bangla Name: Doittya luimoni shing (দৈত্য লুইমনি শিং)
Photo: Adelma Hills(iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Description:
A giant ray having an extremely broad head with long head fins, and a terminal mouth; upper surface of disc covered with denticles, and tail usually without a spine . Blackish above, sometimes with white shoulder patches; white below, with grey edging on disc. Tail whiplike but short.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Pelagic, mostly along coastlines with regular
upwelling, oceanic islands and offshore seamounts.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.
Other References:
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
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