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Ray I.d

30-06-2015 3:39pm

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rushnaldo

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What species of ray is this?

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#2 30-06-2015 3:48pm

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Looks like a cuckoo ray

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#3 30-06-2015 3:55pm

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Cheers I had it down as a thornback

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#4 30-06-2015 3:56pm

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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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#5 30-06-2015 3:57pm

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Cuckoo would be more rounded in shape I was thinking

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#6 30-06-2015 4:01pm

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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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#7 30-06-2015 4:59pm

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And this?

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#8 30-06-2015 5:42pm

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rushnaldo wrote: »

And this?

At a guess id say a spotted ray?

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#9 01-07-2015 2:04pm

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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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#10 01-07-2015 10:01pm

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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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