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Thornback Skate
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Thornback Skate

Raja clavata

The thornback ray (Raja clavata) or thornback skate, is a species of ray fish in the family Rajidae.

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Thornback Skate in The Book of Household Management

The Book of Household Management

Mrs Isabella Beeton · 1861 · p.209

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48397.