Pink Whipray - Pateobatis fai
This Pink Whipray - Pateobatis fai gathers in big numbers at this dive site called Fish Tank, which is just in front of a Tuna processing plant. The plant will discard carcasses of Tuna and Tuna heads which the Stingrays comes to feed on.
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
By Albert Kang
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Uploaded Apr 1, 2017. Captured Mar 24, 2017 14:46 in Uraha, Nikagas Magu, Malé 20173, Maldives.
