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Description: | This skeleton is of a female Thornback Ray or Roker, and her size suggests that she is immature. Thornback rays can grow to be 85 cm (34 in.) long and 61 cm (24 in.) wide. The largest ones are usually females. The name Thornback is due to their large thornlike scales, known as bucklers, on the back and sides of the males and on the underside as well in females. Roker is the local name. They are the most common rays found in shallow British waters, in muddy or sandy areas.
No of females: 1, Age: immature (probably from size) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.vertebratezoology.201611 | Go to resource |
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