Apart from the manta rays, other species in the shipment identified were two species of stingray, the honeycomb stingray (Himantura wamak) and pink
whipray (Himantura fai); a spinetail mobula (Mobula japonica); and two species of sharks, the silky shark (Cacharhinus falciformis) and pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus).
During a week's trip and fitting in around eight dives, EDA divers recorded seeing hawksbill turtles, Jenkins
whipray, blue-spotted stingray and bamboo shark, besides blue-ringed angelfish, yellowtail barracuda, bumphead parrotfish, giant frogfish and crocodile fish.