Broad mobile cephalic fins Dark dorsal and light underside, however the distribution of black and white is very variable.
Size : 500 cm
Habitat : From the surface to about 40 m. Alone or in group. Regularly visits cleaner stations. Feeds on plankton that it filters with open mouth while swimming throughout the water. The reef manta usually swimming costal vicinity within a few kilometers of land, and can regularly be seen along reefs. The Gian Manta (Manta birostris) with a span width of up to more than 100 cm is larger and further distributed, lives further from the coast and possibly make long migrations. Therefore reef mantas are usually seen around rock and coral reefs.
Distribution : Circumtropical in land and reef vicinity.