Rayes
| Title |
Skate |
| Origtitle |
Skate |
| Variants |
Skate, Copper engraving, hand coloured |
| Caption |
Commonly mistaken for rays, skates abound along the Carolina coast. |
| Source |
Kitty Liebreich Antique Prints and Maps |
| Date |
1804 |
| URL |
http://www.kittyprint.com/KTP/HTML/Fish.html |
| Creator |
Tomkins |
| Type |
Copper engraving |
| Copyright |
Kitty Liebreich Antique Prints and Maps |
| Origin |
Internet |
| Notes |
Referred to as a "raye" by Thomas Harriott, skates frequent the ocean bottoms of the Atlantic and are known to search for prey near land along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. These cartiligous fish lack the spiny tail of rays. |
Occurrences
Rayes
