Image: Manta Ray scale / thorn
A thorn on the tail of a Manta Ray from the Australian Museum collection (AMS I.39408-001). The thorns are modified scales.
- Photographer:
- Sue Lindsay
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Manta Ray
- Scientific name:
- Manta birostris
- Family:
- Myliobatidae
- Order:
- Myliobatiformes
Additional information
The image was obtained by removing a small section of skin from an old dried Manta Ray tail in the fish collection. This was gold coated and examined using the scanning electron microscope at the Australian Museum.
Last Updated:
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Manta ray, Manta birostris, thorn, scale, Mobulidae,
