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Ray I.d

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  • 30-06-2015 4:39pm
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    rushnaldo
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    What species of ray is this?


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    Zzippy
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    Looks like a cuckoo ray


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    rushnaldo
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    Cheers I had it down as a thornback


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    .red.
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    Have you any other pics?
    Id nearly guess a thornback, the markings make it look like a cuckoo but ive seen a few thornies with them markings before.


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    rushnaldo
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    Cuckoo would be more rounded in shape I was thinking


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    .red.
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    Ya. The wings are different and the nose is more rounded on the cuckoo. The nose on yours makes me think thornie.
    i saw pics of 2 ray caught together a few years back with the spots like a cuckoo, they were later identified as thornies tho much to the anglers disgust lol.


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    rushnaldo
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    And this?


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    .red.
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    rushnaldo wrote: »
    And this?
    At a guess id say a spotted ray?


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    rsheehan
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    IFI have a fairly good ID to many of the fish you are likely to come across

    http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/angling-1/39-fish-identification-handbook-1/file


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    a148pro
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    Is any given ray sold as ray commercially or is it a particular species? I assume its whatever comes up in the net...


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