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An underwater photograph of a rare pink manta ray gliding gracefully beneath the ocean surface, illuminated by sunlight streaming down through clear blue water. The manta’s vibrant rose-coloured body contrasts with the surrounding sea and a few smaller, darker manta rays swimming nearby. Underneath it, a fish is rubbing against its belly. The image captures the unique beauty of this individual, known as the world’s only documented pink manta ray. He's also my spirit animal.

[nma] beached slippy!
- slipstream with shades! thank you https://bsky.app/profile/hyperblingy.bsky.social !
#spaceRARt #furryart #furry #fish #merfolk #mantaray #artforme

Manta rays living beyond the continental shelf occasionally make very deep dives--to more than 500 meters and as much as 1,200 meters. The purpose is unclear, but is proposed to support orientation or navigation prior to long-distance travel (75-200 km).

Summary: https://www.discovermagazine.com/manta-rays-dive-almost-4-000-feet-into-the-deep-ocean-not-for-food-but-for-directions-48155

Original paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1630451/full

#Science #MarineBiology #MantaRay

Compilation of Detox Doodles!

They are sketches I've been doing to try and replace mindless scrolling!

My favorites are the penguins and piggies!

#art #bird #cassowary #MantaRay #pig #monkey #penguin #shiba #dog #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sciart #InkArt

Compilation of 6 sketchbook pages of drawings of animals in pen, including the Cassowary (red), Manta Ray (blue), Pig (orange), Capuchin Monkey (green), Adelie Penguin (purple), and Shiba Inu (pink).

In Socorro, sometimes the manta picks you.
One pass. No chase. Just wide wings in blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpkF6KcSjLY

#MantaRay #Socorro #Revillagigedo #Mobula #UnderwaterFilmmaking

Slipstream with lugia body
— practicing drawing her, the manta-like alien swimmer fish
#marubahrt #furryart #scalieart #cartoony #mantaray #alienOC #sketch

Legal capture of endangered #MantaRay sparks bipartisan outrage in #Florida

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/06/manta-ray-capture-florida-wildlife-permits

Florida authorities have agreed to review the issuing of special permits allowing companies to capture endangered creatures to sell, after an outcry over the netting of a huge manta ray for an aquarium in Abu Dhabi.

This is a followup to my post about the neon pink #mantaRay off #Australia:

https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/114492552501784515

Now we have...

the neon orange #shark

😍 😍 😍

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cg5041nrrqro

#Ocean #Biology #Zoology #Fish #Oceans #CostaRica

lamb and manta dance!
- have a happier piece with the girls! Sorch Flambe and Slipstream— i mean Ostby and Tiha! #marubahrt #furryart #scalieart #sheep #dragoness #mantaray #merfolk #bffs

the happy tall curly haired dragoness, posing hands in hands with the tiny cute mantaray, both wearing glasses and their civilian clothes! tags: furry, scalie, anthro, lamb, dragon, dragoat, dragoness, glasses, nerd, civilian, clothes, happy, anime, pose, dance, hands, holdinghands, fish, fishy, merfolk, mantaray, red, blue, redandblue

[nma] water blast!
- Slipstream by https://bsky.app/profile/mordodraws.bsky.social
#marubahrt #scalieart #furryart #artforme #superfur #waterpowers #hydrokinesis #mantaray #merfolk

slipstream the manta ray exohero prepares a big eel-shaped water attack! tag: furry, scalie, artforme, marubahrt, fish, merfolk, mantaray, cute, chubby, water, powers, waterpowers, hydrokinesis, spirit, eel, formulated, projectile, superfur, superhero

For a long time, manta rays were considered a single species.

In 1868, Australian Museum director Gerard Krefft suggested a second species, though, it was only in 2009 that a paper confirmed the reef manta ray as a valid species distinct from the giant oceanic manta ray.

A recent study has now confirmed - there’s a third species of manta ray gracefully gliding through the seas.

by Shreya Dasgupta
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/third-manta-ray-species-confirmed-in-western-atlantic/

#news #oceans #mantaray #newspecies

At CCR Rangiroa, moments like this are just another dive… The new ones try, we master.

Avec CCR Rangiroa, ce genre de moment n’est qu’une plongée parmi d’autres... Les nouveaux essaient, nous maîtrisons.
#CCRRangiroa #TechnicalDiving #RebreatherDiving #rEvoRebreather #MantaRay #DivingParadise #Rangiroa #SharkAndRayHeaven #DeepDiving #SilentDiving #rEvoRebreathers

#NewSpecies!
New manta ray from the #atlanticocean just swam in:

Mobula yarae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D68951-FFB5-EA5E-FF59-14F11CB77C95
Publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01727-2
#EnvironmentalBiologyOfFishes #MobulaYarae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #rays #manta #mantaray

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The name yarae comes from Yara, a mythical figure from the Indigenous Tupi and Guaraní cultures. Yara is known as the mother of the waters, a powerful spirit of beauty and protection. Naming this ray after her is both a tribute and a call to action. The formal recognition of Mobula yarae opens the door for targeted conservation efforts.

#MarineLife
#MantaRay
#photography
#Yara

With its unique traits, restricted Atlantic distribution, and vulnerability to multiple human pressures, this species qualifies for urgent assessment under international and national conservation frameworks. Ensuring accurate identification and monitoring will be essential to prevent further decline and to secure the long-term survival of this newly described manta ray.

Photographs: Sean Rowan Laughlin

SCIENTISTS UNCOVER A NEW SPECIES OF MANTA RAY IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

For over fifteen years, scientists suspected that a mysterious species of manta ray was hiding in plain sight in the Atlantic Ocean. Often confused with its close relatives, the oceanic manta ray and reef manta ray, this elusive animal was finally confirmed and formally described as a new species: Mobula yarae.

via todropscience

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-025-01727-2

#MarineLife
#MantaRay

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Distinct colouration of manta ray species. Dorsal and
ventral colouration pattern of Mobula birostris a, d, Mobula
alfredi b, e, and Mobula yarae c and f.

Through a careful combination of genetic studies and physical comparisons, researchers showed that this species forms a distinct evolutionary lineage. It has unique features, including a striking V-shaped mark behind its gills, a special kind of skin denticle shaped like a star, and a small residual spine embedded near its tail. These traits, along with its DNA, make it unmistakably different from other known manta rays.

The newly Atlantic Manta Ray Mobula yarae lives only in the Atlantic coast of the Americas, and seems to prefer warm coastal and estuarine waters. Juveniles have been spotted along the Amazon coast, in Florida, and around the oceanic islands of Brazil. Adults, on the other hand, are more common around the Yucatán Peninsula and the southeastern United States. Sadly, this new species is already facing serious threats. It is often caught by accident in fishing gear, hit by boats, tangled in lines, and exposed to growing coastal pollution. These dangers are made worse by the fact that Mobula yarae looks so much like other manta rays, making it difficult to protect unless it is properly identified.

Hāhālua == manta ray
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #mantaRay #hawaiiWords #language #HawaiianLanguage #hawaiian

Screenshot of lockscreen with notification from “Hawai’i Words” app reading, “The Hawaiian Word for Manta Ray is Hāhālua”

[nma] water mosasaurus!
slipstream about to send a huge hydrokinetic blast! by helyCactus (https://bsky.app/profile/helycactus.bsky.social)
#marubahrt #scalieart #furryart #scalie #furry #artforme #manta #mantaray #merfolk #hydrokinesis #dinosaur

@kimlockhartga Yes! There are so many small delights. I’ll share the #mantaRay. Also, try an online search for nudibranchs #nudibranch — they’re fantastically colorful, smol sea worms that just exist beautifully in the ocean. 🩷

I got video for you!

😍

#InspectorClouseau #Australia #pink #mantaRay #Ocean #Biology #Zoology #Fish #Oceans

#mantaRay

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