Jeff Rotman / Bat rays (Myliobatis californica) schooling, Redondo Rock, Galapagos Is

David Fleetham / California bat ray (Myliobatis californica) swimming through Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, many small fish in background. Santa Barbara Island, California, USA.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Chameleon goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus) with Blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera) in background. Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea. Zhifu Island, Shandong Province, China.

Richard Herrmann / Bat Star (Asterina miniata) group and sea snails feeding on Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) that was killed by California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus), Monterey Bay, California

Birgitte Wilms / Orbiculate Batfish (Platax orbicularis) juvenile, Indonesia

Doc White / Looking down on group of Bat rays (Myliobatis californica / Holorhinus californicus) USA, Eastern Pacific coast

Chris Newbert / Orbiculate Batfish (Platax orbicularis) portrait, Palau

Chris Newbert / Orbiculate Batfish (Platax orbicularis) juvenile, with raindrops hitting the waters surface in background, Solomon Islands

Jeff Rotman / Bat rays schooling, Galapagos Is (Myliobatis californica)

Ralph Pace / Bat Star (Asterina miniata) feeding on juvenile Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) carcass, Monterey, California

Richard Herrmann / Bat Star (Asterina miniata) group and sea snails feeding on Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) that was killed by California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus), Monterey Bay, California

Tony Wu / Juvenile lumpfish (Eumicrotremus taranetzi), about 3mm in size, sitting on Blue bat seastar (Patiria pectinifera). Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan.

Tony Wu / Close-up of mature male Barbed hunchback poacher (Agonomalus proboscidalis) with Blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera) in background. Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan.

John Chan / Mixed group of American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) and Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) preening on a tidal flat, with mating Bat rays (Myliobatis californica) swimming behind t...