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    August Elasmobranch of the Month: Prickly Dogfish
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    August Elasmobranch of the Month: Prickly Dogfish

    The Prickly dogfish is one shark that definitely has highly distinguishable features! Most notably is its dorsal fin resembling a sail. The
    July Elasmobranch of the Month: Common Angelshark
    • Jul 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    July Elasmobranch of the Month: Common Angelshark

    Learn all about the Common Angelshark ( Squatina squatina) in our Elasmobranch of the Month blog. They are currently listed as 'Critical
    January 2019 Elasmobranch of the Month: Bowmouth Guitarfish
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    January 2019 Elasmobranch of the Month: Bowmouth Guitarfish

    This beautiful species is easily distinguishable with a flat, broad snout and very high first and second dorsal fins, where the maximum leng
    Feb Elasmobranch of the Month: Tope Shark
    • Feb 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Feb Elasmobranch of the Month: Tope Shark

    Learn all about the Tope (School shark ) Galeorhinus galeus.
    Jan 2018 Elasmobranch of the Month: Thornback Ray
    • Jan 16, 2018
    • 2 min

    Jan 2018 Elasmobranch of the Month: Thornback Ray

    Thornback ray (Raja clavata) Image credit: Andy Murch Key Features Characterized by the many thorns often present on their dorsal side, thornback rays have “30-50 thorns along the midline” (Shark Trust, 2009) which continues along the tail. The number of thorns vary between individuals and can be present on both the dorsal and ventral sides (SSACN, 2015), with buckler thorns (Shark Trust, 2009) often being found on mature fish. This species varies in coloration from dark br

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