Second Grade Protected Animal

The devil fish is a second grade protected animal. It belongs to the tropical fish, the scientific name of the front mouth manta rays, utilizing its large fins to swim leisurely under the surface of the sea, sometimes also jump out of the sea, sometimes somersaulting in the air. It feeds mainly on zooplankton and small fish, foraging around coral, and has a gentle temperament. It is called the devil fish because of its frightening shape. It has two fleshy feet on its head, which can rotate freely, and it usually uses its cephalic fins to repel food and flick it into its mouth.

Devilfish

Devilfish is a huge tropical fish, the scientific name of manta rays, mainly inhabits the tropical and subtropical waters, to the plankton and small fish for food, because the gathering place is usually far away from the coast, so it is difficult to observe, especially immature manta rays are even more rare to see. Normally benthic life, but sometimes rise to the surface swimming, and do long-distance migration, agile action. Distributed in tropical and temperate zones, China in the East China Sea, the South China Sea and off the coast of Taiwan, common Japanese manta spray, double-snouted front mouth manta spray.

Manta rays use the characteristic large fins, like spreading wings slowly vibration, and in the sea below the surface of the leisurely swimming, (sometimes think see it "fly" is a kind of enjoyment) sometimes will jump out of the sea, sometimes also in the air somersaults, is very beautiful. Manta rays are the largest of the family of manta rays, with a body length of up to 8 meters and a weight of up to 3 tons. The body is flattened, with powerful pectoral fins, similar to wings, cruising in the ocean, two thin, narrow, ear-like protrusions in front of the pectoral fins, which can collect food into the mouth, and tiny teeth. Although all the animals in the family of Manta Rays are big guys, they mainly feed on plankton and small fish, and they often cruise around coral reefs looking for food, and have a gentle temperament. In English, they are wrongly referred to as "devil fish", mainly because of their intimidating shapes.

Double-mouthed manta rays

Double-mouthed manta rays are the largest of the manta rays, with an average body width of about 4.5 meters, a body length of up to 7 meters, and a weight of more than 1.3 tons, which is about 2 meters bigger than the second-largest, the Mobulaalfredi. With such a large body combined with their ability to swim fast in an emergency, only a few large sharks and cetaceans in the ocean can prey on them, such as tiger sharks and killer whales.

The bipinnate premouth manta ray is a globally distributed cartilaginous fish that ranges from the tropics to the temperate zones. They spend most of their lives migrating with the currents in the oceans far from land, chasing plankton in upwelling sea areas. Sometimes they also visit "cleaning stations" in coral reefs and stay in the water for a few minutes to allow "cleaning fish" to help clean dead skin and parasites.