Ray – Painted (Raja microcellata)

Ray – Painted (Raja microcellata)

Andrew Wolsey with a Garryvoe Painted Ray, 2012

Andrew Wolsey with a Garryvoe Painted Ray, 2012

Specimen weight: 10 lbs (4.536 kg)
Record: 17.21 lbs, Garryvoe, Co. Cork, 1994

Anterior margin of the disc only slightly undulated. Colour pattern distinctive comprising white spots and lines on a greyish ground; the main lines tend to run parallel with the anterior and posterior margins of the wings. A few dark spots may also be present. Grows to about 32 inches. Localised.

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