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)
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