reef manta rays, Manta alfredi, mass feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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manta rays, Manta alfredi (formerly Manta birostris ), vortex-feeding or cyclone-feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives ( Indian Ocean )

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Size: 5402px × 3595px
Location: Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Republic of Maldives ( Indian Ocean )
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aggregation, alfredi, atoll, baa, batoid, batoidea, bay, birostris, cartilaginous, devil, doug, elasmobranch, feeding, fish, group, hanifaru, indian, lagoon, maldives, manta, marine, mass, mobulidae, ocean, perrine, plankton, ray, ray-manta-3, republic, wildlife