Jinbeizame vs Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Rhincodon typus compared with Manta birostris

Key Differences

Jinbeizame is 14.3x heavier than Giant Oceanic Manta Ray.
Jinbeizame lives longer (100 years vs 50 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jinbeizame	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class same	Chondrichthyes (軟骨魚綱)	Chondrichthyes (軟骨魚綱)
Order same	Lamniformes (ネズミザメ目)	Lamniformes (ネズミザメ目)
Family same	Rhincodontidae (Whale Sharks)	Rhincodontidae (Whale Sharks)
Genus same	Rhincodon (Whale Sharks)	Rhincodon (Whale Sharks)
Species	Rhincodon typus	Manta birostris

Evolutionary Relationship

Jinbeizame and Giant Oceanic Manta Ray share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Rhincodon. (Whale Sharks)

表示 Genus: Rhincodon

Conservation Status

Jinbeizame

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jinbeizame	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Diet	Omnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	100 years	50 years
Average Length	12.0 m	5.0 m
Average Weight	20.0 t	1.4 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jinbeizame

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Chile, Portugal, Taiwan, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Ecuador, Maldives, Mexico, and Mozambique. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Jinbeizame

ジンベエザメ（Rhincodon typus）は世界最大の魚類で、体長12メートル、体重20トンを超えることがあり、世界の熱帯・温暖な温帯海洋に生息します。その巨大な体にもかかわらず、プランクトン、魚卵、小魚を口を大きく開けて泳ぎながら濾過摂食する無害な種です。プランクトンの大発生を追って大規模な季節的回遊を行います。乱獲、船の衝突、フカヒレ取引により、過去75年間で個体数が約50%減少し、絶滅危惧種に指定されています。