thornback ray, thornback skate (Raja clavata)

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Subject:	thornback ray, thornback skate (Raja clavata)
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Thornback Ray
1. -- Skeleton of Thornback Ray.
2. -- Skeleton of Male Clasper of thornback Ray.
3. -- Superior view of the eye of Thornback Ray; a, the anterior part; b., the pedestal of the eye

Subject: Rays (Fishes)--Anatomy
Tag: Fish
Date 1877
Author Jonathan Couch (1789–1870)
Source/Photographer
English: Jonathan Couch (1877) History of the Fishes of the British Islands, London: George Bell & Sons
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_46089_Thornback_Ray.jpeg

The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata) is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. Raja clavata is found in coastal waters of Europe and the Atlantic coast of Africa, possibly as far south as Namibia and even South Africa.

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