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Pink Whipray - Pateobatis fai (Himantura fai) Lots of this Pink Whipray joins Nurse Sharks during night dive at Alimatha Jetty, Maldives.<br />
They are not shy at all and will swim next to divers or &#039;touching&#039; divers as they hunt/look for food. Fish,Geotagged,Himantura fai,Maldives,Male,Pateobatis fai,Pink whipray,Stingray,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Pink Whipray - Pateobatis fai (Himantura fai)

Lots of this Pink Whipray joins Nurse Sharks during night dive at Alimatha Jetty, Maldives.
They are not shy at all and will swim next to divers or 'touching' divers as they hunt/look for food.

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The pink whipray is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with a wide but ill-defined distribution in the tropical Indo-Pacific from southern Africa to Polynesia. It is a bottom dweller that generally inhabits shallow water under 70 m deep, in sandy areas associated with coral reefs. Individuals exhibit a high degree of fidelity to particular locations. The pink whipray has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc wider than long, with a broad-angled snout and a very long, whip-like tail.. more

Similar species: Stingrays And Eagle Rays
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Oct 5, 2016. Captured Feb 4, 2014 22:06 in Unnamed Road, Fulidhoo, Maldives.
  • DSC-RX100
  • f/1.8
  • 1/160s
  • ISO800
  • 10.4mm