This pink manta ray, nicknamed Clouseau, has resurfaced off Australia’s coast. No one knows why it has a bubble-gum pink underside or if there are others out there

Kristian Laine

Photographer

Kristian Laine

THIS reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) has stolen hearts all over the world. Seldom photographed since its discovery in 2015, the pink fish recently went viral when photographer Kristian Laine captured it swimming through the Great Barrier Reef near Lady Elliot Island, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

Laine didn’t realise at the time that he had seen the only known pink manta ray in the world, affectionately dubbed Inspector Clouseau after the protagonist of the Pink Panther franchise.

Kristian Laine

He told the website ScienceAlert that he had never heard of a pink …