No a Manta is a shark.
Manta (as in Manta Ray), Santa.
Manta birostris
Abel Manta was born in 1888.
Abel Manta died in 1982.
Lorenzo Manta was born in 1974.
Black Manta was created in 1967.
Operation Manta happened in 1983.
Manta - comics - was created in 1980.
Manta Mirage was created in 1974.
I've heard the term for a group of manta rays to be "A fever of manta rays"
Manta is 140 feet tall.