Record (Gaia Guide)

Record details

Reef Manta Ray (species: Mobula alfredi)
Observed by Geoffrey
Mon, 1 Oct 2012 09:31:00

Location details

  • Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

  • Lighthouse Bommie

  • Marine specimens found at a depth between 10 m and 15 metres.

Details about the specimens

  • 5 specimens.
  • specimens alive at end of the observation process.
  • specimens left in natural environment.
  • The record does not indicate whether reproduction was occurring.

Several were using the coral bommie as a cleaning station and two were involved in a mating chase.

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