#reef manta

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Original photographs by Simon J Pierce on iNaturalist (link) (first set from the same photographer). These photos are all under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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A transparent PNG of a leucistic male (identifiable by the presence of claspers between the pelvic fins) oceanic manta ray from the back. It is mostly pale with patches of darker coloration on its dorsal fin and on the leading edges of its pectoral fins.

A transparent PNG of a giant oceanic manta ray from the front; it is oriented vertically with its cephalic fins down in a feeding position and its mouth is closed. The parts of its underside that are visible are predominantly white, and it has a dark patch at the bases of its cephalic fins.

A transparent PNG of a giant oceanic manta ray from below; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position. Its ventral side is about half white, with smoky coloration on the posterior half of its pectoral fins and abdomen, black freckles on its abdomen, dark smudges around its eyes, and a few large dark spots behind its gill slits.

A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; its cephalic fins are loosely down. Its ventral side is almost entirely white, though it has a few grey freckles on its abdomen and one grey streak between its gill slits; and it has a few notches in its pectoral fins near its tail. There is a small fish swimming close to its underside.

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Original photographs by Simon J Pierce on iNaturalist (link). These photos are all under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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A transparent PNG of a male (identifiable by the presence of claspers between the pelvic fins) reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; its cephalic fins are furled. Its ventral side is mostly white with smoky smudges on the posterior undersides of its pectoral fins and around its mouth, and it has smudgy black spots between and just behind its gill slits.

A transparent PNG of an oceanic manta ray from below; its cephalic fins are furled. It has black coloration taking up about half of its pectoral fins on the posterior edge, and a set of black freckles behind its gill slits. A pair of remoras hitch a ride just below the cephalic fins.

A transparent PNG of a male (identifiable by the presence of claspers between the pelvic fins) reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; its cephalic fins are furled. Its ventral side is mostly white, with smoky coloration at the trailing edge of its pectoral fins and posterior to the gill slits; it has small black freckles on its abdomen and posterior pectoral fins and some larger black streaks between its gill slits.

A transparent PNG of an oceanic manta ray from below; its cephalic fins are extended in a feeding position and its mouth is open. Its ventral side is mostly white with smudgy grey freckles along the trailing edge of its pectoral fins, and a cluster of small black freckles on its abdomen.

A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from the side; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position. What is visible of its ventral side is entirely white and it has two small remoras hanging on to the underside of its pectoral fin.

A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from below; its cephalic fins are loosely down. Its ventral side is almost entirely white save for a few black freckles across its abdomen and on its pectoral fins.

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Photographs by Guy Stevens of Manta Trust (link)

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1. A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and slightly above; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position and its mouth is open. It has soft white coloration on the tips of its pectoral fins and on its shoulders.

2. A transparent PNG of a pair of reef manta rays, they are small and in the right-hand corner of the frame. One is facing the camera head-on and its mouth is open to feed. The other is turning away from the camera with its white underside exposed, its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position.

3. A transparent PNG of a giant oceanic manta ray from the front and slightly below; its cephalic fins are furled and their white edges make a spiral effect, its ventral side is mostly white. Two fish, likely remora, cling to the ray between its cephalic fins and its ventral gill slits.

4. A transparent PNG of a giant oceanic manta ray from the front and slightly above; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position and its mouth is open. It has extensive white coloration on the dorsal side of its pectoral fins and its shoulders.

5. A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and slightly above; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position and its mouth is open wide. It has soft white coloration on the tips of its pectoral fins and a very small amount visible on its shoulders.

6. A transparent PNG of a reef manta from below. It is turning to the side and its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position. Its mostly-white ventral side has smoky smudges on the posterior undersides of its pectoral fins and in a W-shape beneath its gill slits, it has small black freckles mostly at the base of its pectoral fins.

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Original photographs by Michele on iNaturalist (link). These photos are under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and slightly above; its cephalic fins are loosely down and its mouth is closed. Its cephalic fins are white and it has faint white markings on its shoulders and the underside of its tail. Two smaller fish, likely remoras, swim near its back.

A transparent PNG of the same reef manta ray from the front; its cephalic fins are loosely down and its mouth is closed. Its cephalic fins are white and it has faint white markings on its shoulders. Two smaller fish, likely remoras, swim near its back.

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Original photograph by Bernhard Huber on iNaturalist (link). This photo is under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and the front; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position and its mouth is open. It has white on its underside, parts of its cephalic fins, and faintly on its shoulders. It is covered in dappled sunlight through water.

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Original photographs by Guy Stevens of Manta Trust (link) (first set from the same photographer)

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1. A transparent PNG of an oceanic manta ray from a 3/4s view and above; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position. It has strong white coloration on its shoulders, the tips of its pectoral fins, and at the anterior edge of its dorsal fin. Two remoras are hitching a ride on either side of its body, just above its cephalic fins.

2. A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from above and behind, swimming to the side; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position. It has soft white coloration on the trailing edge of its pectoral fins and its shoulders.

3. A transparent PNG of a melanistic (that is, mostly black) manta ray from the front and slightly above; its cephalic fins are partially furled. A fish, likely a remora, clings to the ray's head just above its left cephalic fin.

4. A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from the side; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position. It has white coloration on the trailing edge of its pectoral fins and soft white coloration on its shoulders.

5. A transparent PNG of a manta ray from slightly below with its cephalic fins down but its mouth mostly closed.

6. A transparent PNG of a male (identifiable by the presence of claspers between the pelvic fins) reef manta ray from below; its cephalic fins are furled. Its mostly-white ventral side has soft smoky coloration around its cephalic fins and on the trailing edge of its pectoral fins and small dark freckles in various areas of its underside. There are a few bubbles coming off the tip of its right pectoral fin.

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Original photographs by David Novo on iNaturalist (link). These photos are all under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; its cephalic fins are down. Its ventral side is primarily white, with black freckling on its pectoral fins and black spots between its gill slits.

A transparent PNG of a male (identifiable by the presence of claspers between the pelvic fins) reef manta ray from the side and below; its cephalic fins are down. Its ventral side is primarily white, it has smoky grey coloration on the trailing edge of its pectoral fins that does not extend all the way to the center of its body, black freckles on its abdomen, and two small black spots between its gill slits.

A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; it has scarring on its right pectoral fin near the shoulder and its cephalic fins are down. Its ventral side is mostly white, with black at the tips of its cephalic fins on the inner side, smoky grey coloration and black freckles on the trailing edges of its pectoral fins, and long black spots between its gill slits. A remora swims just below its chest.

A transparent PNG of a manta ray from a 3/4 view and above; it appears to have scarring around its mouth and a notch in the trailing edge of its left pectoral fin, and its cephalic fins are down. It has soft white coloration on its shoulders and at the tips of its pectoral fins.

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Original photographs by David Novo on iNaturalist (link) (first set from the same photographer). These photos are all under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Image descriptions:

A transparent PNG of a melanistic (that is, mostly black) giant oceanic manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; its cephalic fins are down. It has white patches between its gill slits and on its abdomen, and a fish, possibly a remora, swims underneath it.

A transparent PNG of a melanistic (that is, mostly black) reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; its cephalic fins are furled. It has a white patch on its chest between its gill slits and beside its mouth.

A transparent PNG of a reef manta ray from a 3/4 view and below; its cephalic fins are furled and a fish swims beneath it. It has smoky grey coloration on the trailing edges of its pectoral fins, black splotches between its gill slits, and some black freckles on its abdomen.

A transparent PNG of a giant oceanic manta ray from the side and below; its cephalic fins are furled. Its underside is primarily white, with smoky grey coloration on the trailing edges of its pectoral fins all the way across its wingspan, it has dark markings around its cephalic fins and eyes, and black patches behind its gill slits and on its abdomen. Three fish swim beneath it, one a remora hitching a ride under one cephalic fin.

A transparent PNG of a giant oceanic manta ray from the side and below; its cephalic fins are furled. Its underside is primarily white, with smoky grey coloration on the trailing edges of its pectoral fins all the way across its wingspan, it has dark markings around its cephalic fins and eyes, and black patches behind its gill slits and on its abdomen. A remora hitches a ride under its cephalic fin, and two other fish swim beneath it.

A transparent PNG of a giant oceanic manta ray from a 3/4 view and above; its cephalic fins are down in a feeding position. It has strong white coloration on its shoulders and in streaks on the insides and along the edges of its cephalic fins, and some white on the trailing edges of its pectoral fins and in a V around its dorsal fin.

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