Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868)

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Meet the Reef Manta Ray

Smaller than the Oceanic Manta Ray, Reef Manta Rays often visit ‘cleaning stations’ where cleaner wrasse remove parasites from their skin!

Reef Manta Ray · 4.5 m

Human diver · 1.8 m

The Reef Manta Ray grows to around 4.5 m at most: the bars compare its maximum recorded length with a diver.

Indian and West-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters.

Coastal and oceanic reefs.

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