Raia circularis = Leucoraja naevus (cuckoo ray)

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Subject:	Raia circularis = Leucoraja naevus (cuckoo ray)
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RAIA CIRCULARIS (described as juvenile stage of Leucoraja circularis, sandy ray?)
Date between 1880 and 1884
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38915018
Author C. Achilles; Francis Day; Mintern Bros.
Full title The fishes of Great Britain and Ireland
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_fishes_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_%28Plate_CLXXIV%29_%286788916924%29.jpg

The cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus), also kwown as cuckoo skate, butterfly skate, or sandy ray is a species of fish belonging to the family Rajidae. It is mainly found along the coasts of the Northern Atlantic Ocean and occasionally in the Mediterranean Sea.

Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Leucoraja
Species: Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841)

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