Thornback ray: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Thornback ray Raja clavata Near threatened

Where the thornback ray lives – recorded in 14 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 102,984 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See rays, skates & chimaeras on the world map

Scientific name	Raja clavata
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	14 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Rajiformes
Family	Rajidae

Where does the thornback ray live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the thornback ray in 14 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the thornback ray endangered?

The thornback ray’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the thornback ray?

The thornback ray (Raja clavata) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Rajiformes and the family Rajidae, genus Raja. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the thornback ray

The thornback ray (Raja clavata), or thornback skate, is a species of ray fish in the family Rajidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Thornback ray (revision 1351548488), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q641642 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).