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English: 25. Raia circularis. (p. 27).
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Apparently George Brown Goode (1851–1896) and Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916), based on a drawing by Francis Day (1829–1889).
(Drawing outline from plate CLXXIV of Francis Day (1880–1884) The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a Natural History of such as are Known to Inhabit the Sea and Fresh Waters of the British Isles including their Economic Uses and Various Modes of Capture, with an Introduction upon Fishes Generlaly [sic], London: Williams and Norgate OCLC: 52843169. See Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology (1895), p. 2*.)
Title
English: 25. Raia circularis. (p. 27).
Description
English: The cuckoo skate (Leucoraja naevus), a species of hardnose skate (Rajidae).
Date circa 1895
date QS:P571,+1895-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source/Photographer [1]. Published as illustration 25 in plate VIII of G[eorge] Brown Goode; Tarleton H[offman] Bean (1895) Oceanic Ichthyology, a Treatise on the Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, based chiefly upon the Collections made by the Steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the Northwestern Atlantic, with an Atlas containing 417 Figures, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office for the Smithsonian Institution OCLC: 162714023.

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current11:54, 28 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 11:54, 28 March 20061,181 × 916 (72 KB)Gdr (talk | contribs)Sandy ray, ''Leucoraja circularis''. From plate 8 of ''Oceanic Ichthyology'' by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. {{PD-old}} From [http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nmfs/images/big/figb0584.jpg] Category:Rajidae

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