Raja montagui Fowler, 1910
(Spotted Ray)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRaja montagui (Spotted Ray)
GenusRaja (skates and rays)
FamilyRAJIDAE (skates)
OrderRAJIFORMES (skates)
InfraclassBatoidea (an infraclass of cartilaginous fishes)
SubclassNEOSELACHII (a subclass of cartilaginous fishes)
ClassELASMOBRANCHII (sharks and rays)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Raja montagui (Spotted Ray) :
1: Raja montagui (Spotted Ray)
10 Feb 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
empty egg case washed up on beach
Image 1: Egg-case - concave surface - white backgroundImage 2: Egg-case - concave surface - white background (2)Image 3: Egg-case - convex surface - white backgroundImage 4: Egg-case - convex surface - white background (2)
2: Raja montagui (Spotted Ray)
24 Jan 2010 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
empty egg case washed up on beach
Image 1: Distal (closed) end - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Empty egg case - lateral view - white backgroundImage 3: Empty egg case - white backgroundImage 4: Empty egg case - white background (2)Image 5: Proximal (open end) - close-up - white background
3: Raja montagui (Spotted Ray)
23 Apr 2008 OSGR: SZ07 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
1 empty egg shell washed up on the beach with seaweed after storms
Image 1: Egg case - concave horns side - white backgroundImage 2: Egg case - convex horns side - white backgroundImage 3: Egg case - lateral view - white background

Raja montagui (Spotted Ray) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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