Talk:Giant oceanic manta ray

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Manta Ray
The Manta ray is in danger so we need to help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pepin123 (talk • contribs) 13:21, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

What is the difference?
How is M. birostris distinguished from M. alfredi? • • • Peter (Southwood) (talk): 10:05, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * With difficulty! The Manta article has more about this and states "The two species of manta differ in color patterns, dermal denticles, and dentition." M. birostris is more a creature of the open ocean. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:10, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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Family discrepancy
The article states the family is Mobulidae. The box says Myliobatidae. This should be reconciled. Ptilinopus (talk) 23:36, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Flow and Grammar
The article is fairly well-written and all the information presented seems to be in line with the citations provided. There was, however, a couple instances where the sentences do not seem to flow or the language could be modified to be more clear, such as under distribution where it reads 'The oceanic manta ray is often found in association with offshore oceanic islands.' I would suggest reading through and making sure the paragraphs flow the whole way through, but otherwise good article. Pjn009 (talk) 23:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Size? Wrong?
Is the size correct as they are I believe wider than they are long. If you look at the NOAA fisheries site, it is quite clearly wider than length. In the NOAA article it says 29 feet wide and 23 feet in length.

If you just look at an image the wingspan is greater than length. Rustygecko (talk) 23:11, 19 November 2022 (UTC)