Raja eglanteria
name: label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: North Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay
notes: label: Notes
content: Male, 13.6cm TL;, 9.9cm WD', 13.8gm weight. Prepared 12 October 1989 by Jiakun Song. Tail being histologically prepared. For further information, refer to "Central Projections of the Octavolateralis Nerves of the Clearnose Skate, Raja eglanteria" by David M. Koester from The Journal of Comparative Neurology 221:199-215 (1983). In the paper, he writes that "Adult clearnose skates, raja eglanteria, were collected in the Delaware Bay and surrounding waters by otter trawl and maintained in holding tanks containing running seawater (17-24 degrees C)" It is likely this specimen is from this area, according to Dr. Lynne Parenti.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Delaware Bay, Delaware, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Raja eglanteria
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: 485306
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Euselachii, Rajiformes, Rajidae
physicalDescription: label: Prep Count
content: 1
label: Preparation
content: Glycerin with Nerve Stain