Jordi Chias / Giant Manta (Manta birostris) with Remoras (Remora brachyptera) attached to both wings, offshore Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean
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Jordi Chias / Giant Manta (Manta birostris) going overhead, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean
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Claudio Contreras / Giant Manta Ray (Manta birostris) at cleaning station with Clarion Angelfish (Holacanthus clarionensis) San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve (The Socorro Islands), Pacific...
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Claudio Contreras / Giant Manta Ray (Manta birostris), San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico. Vulnerable species.
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Michael Pitts / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) swimming over a cleaning station, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Franco Banfi / Manta ray (Manta birostris), San Benedicto, Revillagigedo (Socorro) Islands, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean
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Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and Manta ray (Manta birostris), San Benedicto, Revillagigedo (Socorro) Islands, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean. Model released.
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Andy Rouse / Manta ray (Manta birostris) swimming on ocean floor Coral Bay, Australia
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Nuno Sa / Manta Ray (Manta Birostris) and Devil Ray (Mobula tarapacana) in background, accompanied by Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor) and Remora. Santa Maria Island, Azores, September.
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Doug Perrine / Researcher Guy Stevens photographs belly spot identification pattern of Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Oc...
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) barrel roll filter feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain-feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) vortex / cyclone feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) filter feeding on plankton among Silverside fish that are also feeding on the plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Ind...
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Jurgen Freund / Manta rays (Manta birostris) at cleaning station being cleaned by wrasses, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia.
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Jurgen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station, seen from behind. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Jurgen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Jurgen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station with diver swimming behind it. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Jurgen Freund / A parade of giant manta rays (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,
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Jurgen Freund / Giant manta rays (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Jurgen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station with diver looking up at it. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010
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Alex Mustard / Giant Pacific Manta Ray (Manta birostris) portrait with Remora fish (Echeneididae) Roca Partida, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean. February
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Alex Mustard / Large female Giant Pacific Manta Ray (Manta birostris) swimming below surf crashing into Roca Partida, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean. February
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Alex Mustard / Group of Manta rays (Manta birostris) feeding together on plankton in a shallow lagoon. Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Large Manta ray (Manta birostris) feeding on plankton in very shallow water, viewed from the surface. Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Manta ray (Manta birostris) feeding on plankton in a shallow lagoon. Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Brandon Cole / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) and scuba diver. Baja, Mexico, eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Brandon Cole / Giant manta ray feeding on plankton at night {Manta birostris} Hawaii
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Brandon Cole / Giant manta rays feeding on plankton at night {Manta birostris} Hawaii Pacific
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DOC WHITE / Underside view of Manta Ray {Manta birostris} Mexico,
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Georgette Douwma / Manta rays filter feeding at sea surface, Red Sea off Sudan
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Georgette Douwma / Manta ray {Manta birostris} feeding at surface, Sudan, Red Sea
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Flip Nicklin / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico
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Flip Nicklin / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) with two Remora (Remora remora) attached to it, Hallcion Reef, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
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Brandon Cole / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) with two big remoras (Remora sp.) attached to the underside of the manta. Baja, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.
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Brandon Cole / Manta ray (Manta birostris) with Remora attached underneath. Baja, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.
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Brandon Cole / Manta ray (Manta birostris), view from above looking down onto dorsal suface behind head. Baja, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.
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Pascal Kobeh / Giant mantray (Mobula birostris ) swimming in the open water, Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Manta ray (Manta birostris) feeding in a thick patch of plankton with a snorkeller off Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
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Alex Mustard / Manta ray (Mobula birostris) approaching a reef to be cleaned. Cousins Rock, San Salvador Island, Santiago Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands. East Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Oceanic manta (Mobula birostris). Cousins Rock, San Salvador Island, Santiago Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands. East Pacific Ocean.
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Stephane Granzotto / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and Manta ray (Manta birostris) during a sardine run, Yucatan, Mexico.
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Jordi Chias / Giant manta (Manta birtostris) Ari Atoll, Maldives islands, Indian Ocean
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Jordi Chias / Giant manta (Manta birtostris) swimming over the reef, Ari Atoll, Maldives Islands. Indian Ocean
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Jordi Chias / Giant manta (Manta birtostris) swimming over a cleaning station, Malet Atoll, Maldives islands.
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Franco Banfi / Manta ray (Manta birostris) Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sulu Sea, Cagayancillo, Palawan, Philippines
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Claudio Contreras / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris), Roca Partida Islet, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico, March. Vulnerable,
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Claudio Contreras / Giant Manta Ray (Manta birostris), IUCN Vulnerable, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico, March