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Furthermore, the home range, dispersal characteristics, and inter-seasonal fine-scale habitat use of this species is limited. To address these data gaps and investigate the vertical and horizontal habitat use of a previously unstudied population, SPLASH10-F-321A pop-off archival satellite tags were used to track ten adult individuals from 4\u2013181 days between 2016\u20132018 across two distinct monsoonal periods in the Samarai Islands of Milne Bay, southeastern Papua New Guinea. Our findings indicate strong site-attached movement patterns for reef manta rays in this region, with 75% of relocations occurring within ten kilometers of the tagging site. While occasional movements beyond this range were observed, the maximum displacement distance was 86.9 km, and no consistent seasonal differences in horizontal displacement distance were detected. 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