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Manta Ray
Manta birostris
27.7122, -82.7412
Field Notes
Description:
Juvenile Manta ray aggregations (groups of 5-25) swimming up and down the coast! Average size 3'.
Habitat:
Worldwide in the temperate zone.
Notes:
Observed juvenile manta rays on the gulf beaches of Tampa Bay! We are a Manta ray nursery!! Historically, the Manta ray has been a resident of this area.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Theodore Roosevelt came to Boca Ciega Bay in the 1908 to hunt "Devil Fish" a common name for the Manta ray at the time. The purpose of his hunt was to collect specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2013
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