Title

Pelagic manta ray

Caption

Pelagic manta ray (Manta birostris) hovers at cleaning station in over coral reef opens gills for cleaner wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Pacific Ocean, Tatawa Besar, Flores, Indonesia, Asia

Date

May 12, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23A77_449

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,5Mb (1,3Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4252 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asia Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Bluestreak cleaner wrasses Bony fish Bony fishes Cartilaginous fish Chondrichthyes Cleaning station Corinae East Nusa Tenggara Fish Fishes Flores Flores Island Indonesia Indonesian Julidinae Labrichthyini Labridae Labroides dimidiatus Lesser Sunda Islands Manta Manta birostris Manta ray Manta rays Mobulinae Myliobatiformes No People Nusa Tenggara Nusa Tenggara Timur Osteichthyes Pacific Pacific Ocean Pacific manta Pelagic manta ray Pelagic manta rays Perciformes Pisces Silent ocean Underwater scene Wildlife Wrasse Wrasses animal animals animals in the wild care clean cleaner fish cleaner fishes cleanliness cleanse coral reef coral reefs deserted empty fauna float gill gills great devil fish groom habitat hover hygiene marine animal marine animals marine fish marine fishes mid air mid-air midair natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nurse nursing ocean oceans open opening purify reef reefs saltwater fish sea sea fish tidiness under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited water animal water animals wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Actinopterygii Batoidea Eagle ray Eagle rays Myliobatidae Ray Ray-finned fish Ray-finned fishes Rays Southeast Asia Southeastern Asia body care cleaning cleanings grooming hygienic personal hygiene plume preen preening sanitary