Passing Mantle Ray

Peregrinal mantellum

Abyssal2.4 m wingspan · Migrating · aloof

Field record

Something this size has no business in reef water this shallow, and it clearly agrees — it crossed the field in one unbroken glide without once dropping to feed, headed for water darker than any I've charted from here. I logged eleven days before I saw it a second time, and I am not certain it was the same animal.

Marginal note: “strays into shallow water for reasons of its own”

Habitat

ZoneSunlit Reef

Depth range0–600 m

DiscoveryNot in the water on any given day — tied to a rotating local calendar, present roughly one day in a handful.

Catching it

A Abyssal-tier catch needs at least a Heavy-Gauge Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 850 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+6% Yield

Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.