Photos of mass golden ray migration

[fairybasslet]

What incredible photos.
Golden Ray photos of amazing mass migration - Telegraph

 

[vtminter]

Talk about being in the right place at the right time. There must be no words to describe what that must be like to see in person.

 

[radiocraig]

wow...that is very cool

 

[lmorin]

Amazing pictures, but very uncertain identification. From this site, the "golden rays" are identified as "Rhinoptera steindachneri." However,Fishbase.org says that that species (also known as the Pacific cownose ray) is found in the eastern Pacific ocean, not around the the Yucatan Peninsula which is on the east coast of Mexico. The story adds that the rays migrate clockwise from western Florida to the Yucatan. That's a bit difficult if they are not found in the Gulf. Had to be somewhere in the Pacific or a different species.

 

[ScubaSarus]

Almost unreal. Totaly awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[paradicio]

Great photos, I wish I could have been there!

 

[Teamcasa]

Amazing luck some people have! Thanks for posting it.

 

[perdidochas]

Amazing pictures, but very uncertain identification. From this site, the "golden rays" are identified as "Rhinoptera steindachneri." However,Fishbase.org says that that species (also known as the Pacific cownose ray) is found in the eastern Pacific ocean, not around the the Yucatan Peninsula which is on the east coast of Mexico. The story adds that the rays migrate clockwise from western Florida to the Yucatan. That's a bit difficult if they are not found in the Gulf. Had to be somewhere in the Pacific or a different species.

I think the problem is that the article uses common names instead of scientific. If this was taken off the Yucatan, I think the most accurate species name would be Rhinopterus bonasus (the Atlantic Cownose ray).

 

[GLENFWB]

I agree...we have plenty of cownose rays here in the northern Gulf of Mexico....I have never seen the gold ones, but we have plenty of schools of the regular cownose rays.

I think the problem is that the article uses common names instead of scientific. If this was taken off the Yucatan, I think the most accurate species name would be Rhinopterus bonasus (the Atlantic Cownose ray).

 

[mig_diver]

Wow!!!