Getting cleaned!
This Spotted Eagle Ray - Aetobatus narinari came to the cleaning station to get clean by the pyjama cleaner wrasses. In order to get the Cleaner Wrassed to do the cleaning, they have to 'slow' down their swimming and in this instance, it was doing a summersault flip and 2 Cleaner Wrasses quickly went to the mouth areas for some tasty meal.
The spotted eagle ray is a cartilaginous fish of the eagle ray family, Myliobatidae. It can be found globally in tropical regions, including the Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, off the coast of West Africa, the Indian Ocean, Oceania, and on both coasts of the Americas at depths down to about 80 meters . The rays are most commonly seen alone, but occasionally swim in groups. Rays are ovoviviparous, the female retaining the eggs then releasing the young as miniature versions of the parent.
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