Pinky
US Virgin Islands
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Date: 2010-12-11 - 09:00
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Max Depth: 12.2m Duration: 40mins
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- Dive type : Recreational, Reef
- Water: Salt
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Species Identified
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) (Giant manta)
Manta rays are generally solitary, although loose aggregations of individuals may occur where there are abundant food sources or during the breeding season. When ready to mate, a male will bite his mate's pectoral fin to p...
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Ginglymostomatidae (nurse sharks)
Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))
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Located on the southwestern side of Buck Island, about four miles from St. Thomas. It is sometimes called Rye Reef, and you may hear different dive ships refer to it by either name. It is named after the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Wye, a steamship which was the sister ship to the RMS Rhone, a famous diving wreck in the British Virgin Islands. Both ships were owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and sank in the same hurricane on October 29, 1867.