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Warm water manta ray in Tassie!

The Mercury, 05 Feb 2014.

The world's largest ray species - usually found in warmer waters - has been spotted in Tasmania and logged on Redmap, writes The Mercury newspaper. Read the full story here.

The manta ray, Manta birostris, spotted by citizen scientist Leo Miller in north-east Tasmania. He says it was "swimming under his boat". The sighting was verified by Redmap scientists. See the full sighting here: http://www.redmap.org.au/sightings/1191/

 

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