Reef manta ray yakakura zvakadini
Context:Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) rudzi rwe ray mumhuri yeMobulidae, imwe yemaraya makuru pasi rose. Pakati pemarudzi anozivikanwa nevakawanda, ndiro rudzi rwechipiri pakukura, runongopfuurwa bedzi norukara rukuru rwomugungwa runonzi manta.  Rudzi rwacho rwakatsanangurwa muna 1868 naGerard Krefft, mutungamiriri weAustralian Museum. Akaitumidza kuti M. alfredi achiremekedza Alfred, Duke weEdinburgh, nhengo yokutanga yemhuri youmambo yeBritain kushanyira Australia. Pakutanga yakatsanangurwa sechikamu cheManta genus asi muna 2017 yakachinjwa, pamwe nemamwe mantas, kuti iiswe sechikamu cheMobula genus.  Reef manta rays inowanzoita 3 kusvika ku 3.5 m (9.8 kusvika ku11.5 ft) mu disc upamhi, ine hukuru hukuru hweanenge 5.5 m (18 ft). Kwenguva yakareba yaibatanidzwa muM. birostris, chimiro che reef manta ray semhando yakaparadzana chakasimbiswa chete muna 2009. Reef manta ray inowanikwa munzvimbo dzinotonhora uye dzinotonhora dzeIndo-Pacific, asi ine zvinyorwa zvishoma kubva kunzvimbo dzinopisa dzeEast Atlantic uye hapana kubva kuWest Atlantic kana East Pacific. Kuenzaniswa nehombe yemugungwa inonzi manta ray, reef manta ray inowanzowanikwa munzvimbo dzisina kudzika, dzinogara pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa, asi dzimwe nguva kunotaurwa nezvekutama kwemunharaunda. Mobula birostris yakafanana nechitarisiko neMobula alfredi uye marudzi maviri aya anogona kuvhiringidzwa sezvo nzvimbo dzawo dzakapararira. Zvisinei, pane zvinhu zvinosiyanisa.
Reef manta rays inowanzoita 3 kusvika ku 3.5 m (9.8 kusvika ku11.5 ft) mu disc upamhi, ine hukuru hukuru hweanenge 5.5 m (18 ft).