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===Description=== | |||
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==== Small demersal fish ==== | ==== Small demersal fish ==== | ||
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'''Diet:''' This ray feeds on fish and invertebrates. | '''Diet:''' This ray feeds on fish and invertebrates. | ||
'''Threats:''' Of commercial interest and near threatened according to IUCN red list. The thornback ray is often caught as bycatch by trawl and gillnets. | '''Threats:''' Of commercial interest and near threatened according to IUCN red list. The thornback ray is often caught as bycatch by trawl and gillnets.===MSP Challenge=== | ||
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The small demersal fish group includes the following species: eelpout, shorthorn sculpin, Vahls’s eelpout, longspined bullhead, hooknose, common seasnail, greater weever, lesser weaver, snake blenny, striped red mullet, solenette, thickback sole, mediterranean scaldfish, argentine, dragonet, piper gurnard, red gurnard and '''grey gurnard'''. | The small demersal fish group includes the following species: eelpout, shorthorn sculpin, Vahls’s eelpout, longspined bullhead, hooknose, common seasnail, greater weever, lesser weaver, snake blenny, striped red mullet, solenette, thickback sole, mediterranean scaldfish, argentine, dragonet, piper gurnard, red gurnard and '''grey gurnard'''. | ||
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Demersal fish are caught by all fishing fleets, but mostly by [[(NS)Bottom Trawl Catch|bottom trawl]]. | Demersal fish are caught by all fishing fleets, but mostly by [[(NS)Bottom Trawl Catch|bottom trawl]]. | ||
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The thornback ray is usually found on shallow mud, sand, or gravel seabeds up to 60m depth. It is less abundant in the southern North Sea. Its population levels are presently too low for the ray to fulfill its ecological role. | The thornback ray is usually found on shallow mud, sand, or gravel seabeds up to 60m depth. It is less abundant in the southern North Sea. Its population levels are presently too low for the ray to fulfill its ecological role. | ||
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