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Another undescribed Manta ray species?

Another undescribed Manta ray species?

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The Save Our Seas Foundation is reporting the possible discovery of another previously undescribed species of manta ray.

Undescribed manta ray species?
Undescribed manta ray species?

Their Bahamas-based Manta Ray Cognition project leader Csilla Ari reported in her blog that a newly-introduced manta at the Atlantis Aquarium may be of a previously undescribed species.

Here is the blog entry and you can go to the full report by following the link below.

"After watching the two huge manta rays while snorkelling with them for hours I realized that I am part of something even more exciting than just swimming together with two manta rays….I noticed that she was different from the manta rays I met and studied before… I have worked on Manta alfredi in the Maldives and Manta birostris in Ecuador, but she rather looked like the mix of these two species…"

In an unlucky turn of events, just after making this discovery Csilla was hospitalized with dengue fever and has only recently been able to return to her observations at the aquarium. Hopefully, we’ll have more news about this exciting development to share soon...

I noticed that she was different than the manta rays I met and studied before

Sources
Save Our Seas Foundation
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