Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Raja Linnaeus, 1758

Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818
En: Smalleyed ray - Du: Kleinoogrog

Rare species in the Dutch North Sea region (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 64). During the last decades R. microocellata has not been recorded anymore and is now considered to be no longer part of the Dutch fauna (Nijssen, 2001, p. 42). Egg-capsules of R. microocellata rarely wash ashore on the Dutch coast (Bor, 1998, p. 33).

Fisheries data:

April, 1947 Den Helder, no further details (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 64).
May, 1946 Diepe Gat, Texel, no further details (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 64).


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