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Mobula sp.
Mobula is a genus of ray in the family Myliobatidae (eagle rays).Their appearance is similar to that of manta rays, which are in the same family. Species of this genera are often collectively referred to as "flying mobula" or simply "flying rays", due to their propensity for breaching, sometimes in a spectacular manner.
Devil Rays have an interesting breeding courtship behavior that involves breaching the ocean shooting into the sky and gliding for a split second. Hard to predict. Hard to shoot. Incredible to simply witness. This was a brand new experience for me off the coast of San Blas while heading to Isla Isabel
Spotted on Mar 23, 2014
Submitted on Mar 24, 2014
24 Comments
What a great shot and what an experience ! Thanks for the information and for sharing this with us.
Wow! I had no idea they could jump that high. What an amazing moment and great info and picture.
Now this is quite amazing. I had no idea that rays would breach. Great spotting, and excellent timing.
Thank you Leana
Beautiful capture!
Sorry guys - the boat guide assured the ID as Manta Ray - I've been up in the Durango Highway Santa Maria mountains here in mexico, no internet, no power, just amazing birds. Corrected the ID - thanks for those who commented on it.
What a wonderful capture and experience - congratulations!
That is really special. Super capture CC !! It looks like it's at least 6 feet clear of the surface?
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!
Amazing you caught this! Wonderful.
Beautiful!!
Whether Oceanic Mantas or Devils Rays, this is a wicked shot!
I am not an expert in Rays, but sometimes websites & reports may gave wrong information about the Manta Rays breaching the surface as shown in this :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...
From the pictures, those are Devil Rays and not Manta Rays.
Devil Rays grows up to 3 meters in wing span and are more agile to breach the water, but not Oceanic Manta Rays that have wing span up to 6-7 meters.
@Antonion, I also saw the saw documentary showing hundreds, if not thousands of Devil Rays breaching the she surface, that is an incredible phenomenon.
Amazing timing, very good, you are the best, impressive, congrats !!!
Seems both Manta and Devil Rays do this
Great shot and timing Cody! It's hard to imaging they could get enough momentum to fly so high out of the water.
Awesome shot!
Great timing!
Incredible, great timing!
Wow great shot Cody,you should take in consideration Albert opinion:-) he is one of our best marine spotter .I saw a doc a few weeks ago and for the first time i saw hundreds of Mantas jumping like dolphins,just amazing.
Congrats and thanks for sharing
Not too sure if this is the Oceanic Manta Ray, more likely the Devil Rays.
Beautiful spot! Also had no idea they breached, haha! Well done!
Wow! I never knew that they could do that.