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Thornback Skate
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Thornback Skate

Dentiraja lemprieri

The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) is a species of skate of the family Rajidae. A bottom-dwelling fish, it is endemic to Australia, occurring in relatively shallow waters from near-shore to 170 metres. The thornback skate can grow up to 52 cm long.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Thornback Skate in The Book of Household Management

The Book of Household Management

Mrs Isabella Beeton · 1861 · p.209

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 99205.