The Save Our Seas Foundation are reporting the possible discovery of another previously undescribed species of manta ray.

Dr Andrea Marshall of the Marine Mega Foundation is interviewed by the Naked Scientist about Manta Ray Eco-tourism

Travis Matteson was filming a school of mantas when what was described as the biggest fish in the bunch swam by, grabbed his $5,000 Canon 5D Mark II underwater rig and swam away.

Research led by the University of Bath is using the latest technology to find out how these fish are able to sniff out their prey.

Potamotrygon is a genus of freshwater stingrays native to the rivers of South America. As of July 2006, FishBase lists seventeen distinct species. The type species is P. hystrix.

Using DNA techniques scientists have discovered that in fact the eagle ray is made up of a number of at least two and possibly more species and sub species.

Manta Point , Maldives

Until now it was thought that there was only one manta ray species but now a second, and possibly third, species of manta ray has been discovered in the World’s oceans. After five years of study a marine biologist has confirmed that a larger and more elusive manta is in fact a distinct species.

A manta ray weighing in at half a tonne has been airlifted back into the Atlantic Ocean after spending the past three years at a resort in the Bahamas.