| LC control no. | sh 96002209 |
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| LC classification | QL638.85.M6 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Manta birostris |
| Variant(s) | Atlantic manta Devil ray, Giant Giant devil ray Manta (Species) Manta hamiltoni Manta ray Pacific manta |
| See also | Manta (Genus) |
| Found in | Work cat.: Banister, K.E. A look inside sharks and rays, c1995: p. 13 (Manta ray, Manta birostris) A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the U.S. and Canada, 1980: p. 14 (Manta birostris, Atlantic manta; Manta hamiltoni, Pacific manta) Common and scientific names of fishes from the U.S. and Canada, 1991: p. 15 (Manta birostris, manta) p. 72 (Manta hamiltoni is synonym of M. birostris. Atlantic was dropped from the common name used in the previous ed.) Eschmeyer, W.N. A field guide to Pacific Coast fishes of N. Amer., 1983: p. 57-58 (Manta, Manta birostris. "The population in the e. Pacific, formerly called Manta hamiltoni, apparently is the same species as the one in the Atlantic; Manta species from the Indian Ocean and cen. Pacific also may be identical.") Fishes of the western N. Atlantic, 1948: pt. 2, p. 502 (Manta birostris, Giant devil ray) |
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