Skate, Dipturus batis 1,2, long-nosed skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus 3,4, eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila 5, stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca 6, thornback ray, Raja clavata 7,8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.

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Size: 4926px × 6472px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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