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porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus)
Subject: porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus)
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porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus)


The species names / identity need verification. The original plates showed the fishes facing right and have been flipped here. Urogymnus asperrimus
Date 1878
Source Day, Francis (1878) The Fishes of India. Volume 2. https://archive.org/stream/fishesofindiabei02dayf#page/n5/mode/2up
Author Francis Day
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urogymnus_asperrimus_Day_195.jpg

The porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus) is a rare species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. This bottom-dweller is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, as well as off West Africa.

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