Nature · Mobula birostris · upper-size disc width
How wide is a giant oceanic manta ray?
This giant oceanic manta ray uses an eight-meter maximum disc-width reference from NOAA’s consultation framework. It is a tip-to-tip width, not body length.
8 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Reported maximum disc width · pectoral tip to tip
- Subject or version
- Mobula birostris · upper-size disc width
- In feet, rounded
- 26.2 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
NOAA’s framework gives 800 centimeters, approximately 26 feet, for maximum size. This record uses that eight-meter reference; older anecdotal 29-foot accounts are not silently substituted for it.
Seen from above, the broad pectoral fins define the measured horizontal span. The thin tail extends below the body in the image but contributes nothing to disc width. The lower alignment edge is therefore not a seafloor or standing-height datum.
Quick facts
An eight-meter disc-width reference for the giant oceanic manta ray. The measurement crosses the extended pectoral fins; its tail length is excluded.
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