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Commercially and recreational captured fish from European marine waters including the North Atlantic, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Mediterranean.
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The marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata, is the most common electric ray in Guernsey waters. This one was captured on the 21 September 1997. These electric rays are caught in gill nets off Guernsey's south coast during the winter months. They are known to congregate presumably for reproduction off the south coast of Sark. They often have a specific species of leech attached to their skin. Large individual rays can easily knock a man off his feet with their electric shock. The muscle cells responsible for producing the electricity are located in the proximal part of the pectoral fins. These muscle cells are largely transparent and gelatinous unlike the mostly opaque tissue of the contracting muscles. File No. 210997 18-95 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
blonde ray, Raja brachyura, from Guernsey waters. File No. 27-82 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A small-eyed ray, Raja microocellata, from Guernsey waters. File No. 3-164 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A thornback ray, Raja clavata, from Guernsey waters. File No. 22-126 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
thornback ray Raja clavata 140609 ©RLLord 5284 smg
undulate ray, Raja undulata, from Guernsey waters. File No. 32-135 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A live stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca, provided to me by Guernsey commercial fisherman Maurice Down on the 17 November 1998. The stingray was photographed in a shallow tray filled with seawater and then returned to St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey where it was released. File No. 171198 19-252 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
On 4 May 1999, a 2779 gram (2.779 kg.) female Eagle Ray, Myliobatis aquila, was caught by trawl in 15 metres of water at about 2000 hours on Schole bank, off Guernsey, Channel Islands, English Channel. The bank is composed of broken shell and sand. The Eagle Ray was caught with blonde rays, brill and a few lesser spotted dogfish. It had a wing span of 585 mm and a total length of 956 mm. The body length (tip of snout to origin of tail) was 330 mm. The stomach and spiral valve contained two small squat lobsters, one hermit crab, and pieces of scallop shell. The liver weighed 150 grams and the ray weighed 2384 grams gutted. File No. 050599 10-298 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, was farm raised in France and purchased in St. Helier, Jersey on 9 July 1997. It weighed 2.595 kilograms whole. Only three Atlantic sturgeons have been recorded in Guernsey waters since the end of World War 2. One of them was captured on 30 September 30, 1986. It weighed 74 lbs. 8 oz. and was caught in a trawl off the south coast of Guernsey. File No. 29-47 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
thornback ray Raja clavata 140609 ©RLLord 5284 smg
thornback ray Raja clavata 140609 ©RLLord 5284 smg
thornback ray Raja clavata 140609 ©RLLord 5284 smg
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