Flip Nicklin / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) with two Remora (Remora remora) attached to it, Hallcion Reef, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico

Tui De Roy / Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) shoal filter feeding on plankton concentrated by monsoon currents in Raa Atoll, Vandhoo Thila, Maldives. October.

Ralph Pace / Manta Ray (Manta birostris), Baja California, Mexico

Tim Fitzharris / Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi) pair, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia

David Fleetham / Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) with black colour variation cruising over coral drop off. Fiji.

Fred Bavendam / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) with attached White Suckerfish (Remora albescens), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi) swimming, Nusa Penida, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi) feeding on plankton, Nusa Penida, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Clarion Angelfish (Holacanthus clarionensis) group following Manta Ray (Manta birostris) to pick up food bits, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Remora (Remora remora) on Manta Ray (Manta birostris), Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico

Flip Nicklin / Manta Ray (Manta birostris), Cocos Island, Costa Rica