First photographic records of the giant manta ray Manta birostris off eastern Australia

Lydie I. E. Couturier; Fabrice R. A. Jaine; Tom Kashiwagi

doi:10.7717/peerj.742

First photographic records of the giant manta ray Manta birostris off eastern Australia

Lydie I. E. Couturier, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Tom Kashiwagi

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We present the first photographic evidence of the presence of the giant manta ray Manta birostris in east Australian waters. Two individuals were photographed off Montague Island in New South Wales and off the north east coast of Tasmania, during summer 2012 and 2014, respectively. These sightings confirmprevious unverified reports on the species occurrence and extend the known distribution range of M. birostris to 40°S. We discuss these findings in the context of the species' migratory behaviour, the regional oceanography along the south east Australian coastline and local productivity events.

Original language	English
Article number	e742
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	PeerJ
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.742
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Mobulidae
manta ray
Australian
citizen science
Citizen science
Australia
Manta ray

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First photographic records of the giant manta ray Manta birostris off eastern Australia

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