These harmless rays have a short tail and no stinging spine. The remoras probably feed on parasites on the manta's body and eat bits of the manta's food. They funnel the food into their mouth while they swim, using two large, flap-like cephalic lobes which extend forward from the eyes. They swim by moving their pectoral fins up and down.
Young mantas grow very rapidly.
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