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From: The occurrence of mobulid rays at St Helena Island, Cardno seamount and Bonaparte seamount in the South Atlantic and its significance for conservation

Fig. 4

Photographs of two individual sightings of solitary oceanic mantas M. birostris off St Helena’s coastline. Both photos show key characteristics of M. birostris as described in Marshall et al. (2009) notably T shaped black on white coloured shoulder patches on the dorsal supra-branchial region, without “hooks” connecting to the spiracles as in Mobula alfredi. a Encounter recorded 28th July 2018 showing dark dorsal colouration and dark pectoral fins. b Encounter recorded 30th July 2018 showing chevron shaped marking anterior to dorsal fin; dark colouration around mouth and white colouration on the pectoral fin tips

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Marine Biodiversity Records

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