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thornback
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thornback [′thȯrn‚bak]
(vertebrate zoology)
Raja clavata.A ray found in European waters and characterized by spines on its back.
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NATIONAL Museums Liverpool is asking us all to get involved in RayWatch, a conservation project helping to track threatened Thornback Rays in the Mersey and Liverpool Bay.
Adopt a ray and help track this endangered species; CLIMATE CHANGE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The Brotton angler was fishing for thornback rays from a pier on the west coast of Lewis when a whopping 195lb common skate took his mackerel and squid bait.
Peter lands a giant; ANGLING by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
ONLY a couple of weeks ago I was writing about Dave Rogers' quest for one of the rare thornback rays caught locally which he accomplished with a fine thornback of 8lb 4oz.
Flounder milestone for Dave by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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