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Picture taken at kenmore on sunday 26th march

charlie

Excellent photo: SUSAC will have to go to Kenmore Point soon. Smile

What type of ray is that Question
joe

cool that is an intresting ray
prydain55

Pretty!

Max
Edd

What type of ray is that Question[/quote]

Ah my good friend Charlie, well i would say thats a nice Thornback!!!! They are well cool dont see them that often so keep your eyes peeled!!!!
joe

i thought it looked slightly different to thornbacks Question its got frilly looking edges
Shug

It's a dude anyway. Look at the size of those claspers! Shocked
Edd

Shug wrote:
It's a dude anyway. Look at the size of those claspers! Shocked


Bigger than yours then we will guess?

if you pay close attention to the tail it has spikes along it so showing it could be a thornback!? to be confirmed though i could be wrong?
joe

So it does, noted
karyn

Graham once nearly knelt on one of those on the bottom of loch creran! We concluded it was a thornback but well it's us so who knows! Ah Loch Creran, how I miss thee.
Ding

Edd wrote:
Shug wrote:
It's a dude anyway. Look at the size of those claspers! Shocked


Bigger than yours then we will guess?

if you pay close attention to the tail it has spikes along it so showing it could be a thornback!? to be confirmed though i could be wrong?


Got it confirmed by the MCS its a thornback

Have a look here Very Happy

http://finstrokes.com/pelagic/thornback_ray.html
Ding

Link sorted now sorry about that, been changing things

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