Sealife guideThe thornback rayRaja clavata

Taxonomy

Common name: Thornback ray, roker
French name: Raie bouclée
Spanish name: Raya de clavos,raya común
Scientific name: Raja clavata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family name: Rajidae
Order name: Rajiformes
Class name: Elasmobranchii

Did you know ?

The thornback ray is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The thornback ray appears in the IUCN Red List since 2016 within the category Near Threatened !

The thornback ray (Raja clavata) © Planctonvideo | Dreamstime.com

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