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Taxon ID: 34,659 Total records: 39,143

Manta alfredi

Country

Country	Philippines
Continent Ocean	Asia

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia (COL)
Phylum	Chordata (COL)
Class	Elasmobranchii (COL)
Order	Rajiformes (COL)
Family	Myliobatidae (COL)

Taxonomy

Genus	Manta	Reference
SubGenus		Vernacular Name
Species	alfredi	IUCN Threat Status-Year	Vulnerable, 2011
SubSpecies		Nat'l Threat Status-Year
Infraspecies		Reason for Change
Infraspecies Rank		CITES
Taxonomic Group	Fish	Native Status	Native
Scientific Name Author	(Krefft, 1868)	Country Distribution	Philippines
Citation		Description	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, South Africa, Thailand to Western Australia.; north to Japan (Yaeyama Is.), to Solitary Is., Australia as far east as French Polynesia and the Hawaiian Is. Reported in the Atlantic (Canary and Cape Verde islands) but this s
Source		Description

Record Level

Date Last Modified	2011-06-13 01:00:00
Institution Code	ACBBISS-PH
Collection Code	34659
Catalog Number	ACBBISS-PH-34659
Record URL	http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Manta-alfredi.html

Growth Parameters

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Observerd Individual Count	0	Notes	This species is commonly sighted inshore, within a few kilometers of land; found around coral and rocky reefs as well as along productive coastlines with consistent upwelling, tropical island groups, atolls and bays (Ref. 82755).

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