The manta ray is a strange-looking fish that lives in the ocean and is related to the familiar shark, a cartilaginous fish.

Manta rays belong to the family of manta rays, this fish body flat, with two powerful pectoral fins, cruising in the sea, sometimes can fly out of the sea surface gliding a few meters, seldom to the surface of the sea below 30 meters, to crustaceans for food, have a strong teeth, can bite the crust, teeth large plate-like, there are 1-7 rows. Pectoral fins protruding before a fleshy leaf, as if the duck's beak, the tail is slender, can be as long as the body, the tip of the tail has a venomous spine, the general body size is not large, even with the tail together with the largest will not exceed two meters. The devil fish referred to in English is this kind of creature.

Basic Information

Chinese Name Manta Rays

Latin Name Bat Ray

Alias Bat Fish

Distribution Area Below 30 meters below the surface of the sea

Man Rays (Bat Ray)

Manta Rays PicturesManta rays are a strange looking fish that live in the ocean. It is closely related to the familiar shark and is a cartilaginous fish. It looks like a big bat with wings spreading and flying, so people commonly call it "batfish". Manta rays live in tropical oceans, China's South China Sea, Taiwan waters are also its frequent places. Its body is about 6 meters long, weighing up to 1-4 tons, with two protruding, swinging fleshy horns called "cephalic fins" located on both sides of the eyes, able to rotate freely. When feeding, the two cephalic fins keep swinging, like two hands, and quickly push the food into its wide, flat mouth for a full meal. On both sides of its body, there are two broad and flat pectoral fins, which are connected to the body, forming a "wing" that can "fly" freely in the ocean, and can reach 5-6 meters wide when stretched out. When swimming, its pectoral fins swing in a wavy pattern, just like a bat flying with its wings puffed out. Manta rays have a gray-green back covered with white spots, a snow-white belly, and a long tail that looks like a whip at the back of the body, which serves as a counterbalance when swimming. Manta rays generally live in the depths of the sea and are agile, with two broad pectoral fins as their "wings" for traveling in the water. During the breeding season, both male and female manta rays swim to the surface. Not to mention their wide body weight, manta rays will swing their pectoral fins vigorously, slap the surface of the water to jump up in the air, and glide with their long tails up to 4 meters in the air from the water. Sometimes, when a ship sailing in the ocean encounters a manta ray that jumps out of the water on a whim, it is able to cross over a person's head, cross the deck, and then fall into the water, followed by a loud bang like a cannon firing, stirring up countless waves. The sound could be heard from thousands of meters away. If one was unfortunate enough to be hit by this behemoth, then the small boat would surely be destroyed. Moreover, female manta rays will spawn baby manta rays as they leap into the air, and the baby manta rays will drop? The manta ray? into the direct water and start cheesy dating.