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A bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) with bright blue spots and a long blue tail rests on a sandy ocean floor near coral.

Bluespotted stingray, Taeniura lymma, resting on the sandy seafloor beside coral, with bright blue spots across its brown body.

spotted eagle ray

Cow-nosed ray (Rhinoptera bonasus), a stingray

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See the majestic manta rays swimming in the waters of Great Barrier Reef, off the eastern coast of Australia

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Watch a ray swimming near the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia

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