Quick one. Whole out fishing on a north wexford beach a couple next to us shouted down. When we got there the lad had foul hooked this. Obviously dead a while.
Any ideas? I'm guessing stingray?
Thanks
Kris
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Hello there,
Quick one. Whole out fishing on a north wexford beach a couple next to us shouted down. When we got there the lad had foul hooked this. Obviously dead a while.
Any ideas? I'm guessing stingray?
Thanks
Kris
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Quick one. Whole out fishing on a north wexford beach a couple next to us shouted down. When we got there the lad had foul hooked this. Obviously dead a while.
Any ideas? I'm guessing stingray?
Thanks
Kris
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Re: Species check
Its to badly decomposed to tell what species of ray it is but its not a stingray
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Re: Species check
Pity you didn't turn it over, might have helped i.d. it.
2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
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Re: Species check
hey, in the second pic it's not turned over.johnwest wrote:Pity you didn't turn it over, might have helped i.d. it.
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Re: Species check
Both sides of the ray are photod but its to manky to tell what ray but its most likely a thorny or spotted
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Thanks Shane mate.ShaneH wrote:Both sides of the ray are photod but its to manky to tell what ray but its most likely a thorny or spotted
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Re: Species check
This is a picture of a chuckroo Ray that I found washed up dead on a County Antrim shoreline a year or two ago.
Like your photo, the wings had curled up on this fish too; it too was badly decomposed.
As the answers above: definitely a ray but hard to tell which species. Hard to see any defining features from your pics (thorns or markings etc) but given that it is from North Wexford then I'd guess thornback. Your fish is definitely a little male ( seeing the gonads) but realistically there's every chance it could be any of: thornback, spotted, blonde or cuckoo. Defo not a stingray.
Only way to find out exactly what species it is would be to do an autopsy... Wouldn't fancy that much!
Like your photo, the wings had curled up on this fish too; it too was badly decomposed.
As the answers above: definitely a ray but hard to tell which species. Hard to see any defining features from your pics (thorns or markings etc) but given that it is from North Wexford then I'd guess thornback. Your fish is definitely a little male ( seeing the gonads) but realistically there's every chance it could be any of: thornback, spotted, blonde or cuckoo. Defo not a stingray.
Only way to find out exactly what species it is would be to do an autopsy... Wouldn't fancy that much!
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Excellent stuff - thanks a mill for that. Just thought it looked a bit alien.chuckaroo wrote:This is a picture of a chuckroo Ray that I found washed up dead on a County Antrim shoreline a year or two ago.
Like your photo, the wings had curled up on this fish too; it too was badly decomposed.
As the answers above: definitely a ray but hard to tell which species. Hard to see any defining features from your pics (thorns or markings etc) but given that it is from North Wexford then I'd guess thornback. Your fish is definitely a little male ( seeing the gonads) but realistically there's every chance it could be any of: thornback, spotted, blonde or cuckoo. Defo not a stingray.
Only way to find out exactly what species it is would be to do an autopsy... Wouldn't fancy that much!
Chuckroo Ray looks cool.
Kris
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