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  • Skate: Any species in the order Rajiformes. Although the English names for some skates refer to them as rays, the term ‘ray’ should refer to stingrays (Myliobatiformes) and electric rays (Torpediniformes)

Smalleyed skate

Smalleyed skate - Raja microocellata

Smalleyed skate - Raja microocellata 

Smalleyed skate Raja microocellata has a yellow/light brown dorsal surface with light blotches and white stripes parallel to the margins of disc. It is most common in the Bristol Channel.