#2006 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Thornback Skate

🇳🇱 Stekelrog ·Raja clavata

NTnear threatened 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Xaime Beiro · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Ingo Rogalla · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Aleksandr_Levon · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © tamsynmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zuid-Holland, NL:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Netherlands:© diego_armando_pannekoek · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Netherlands:© flavio · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noord-Holland, NL:© Nicolas Bruinsma · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The thornback ray ( Raja clavata ) or thornback skate , is a species of ray fish in the family Rajidae.

base stats

NL sightings 242iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,861iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 242 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the sharks & rays in NL.
2,861 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).