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GIANT FISHES 



movements in the water are graceful enough, and partake of 

 the nature of flying through the water rather than swimming. 

 At the surface it moves along comparatively slowly, turning 



Fig. 31. — Manta or Greater Devil-fish {Mania birostris). 



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Fig. 32. — Mobular (Mobula mobular). 



the body from one side to the other, with the mouth wide 

 open and the cephalic fins stretched out on either side. A 

 common habit is to curl the tip of one or both of the wing-like 

 pectoral fins upwards, so that these project above the surface, 

 and in this attitude to bask in the sunshine. At times these 



