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Ray, n.12|reɪ|
The name of the English naturalist, John Ray (1627–1705), used in the possessive to designate Ray's bream, a deep-bodied, dark brown and silver, European, marine fish, Brama brama (formerly B. raii), of the family Bramidæ, which was named in his honour by M. E. Bloch (Ichtyologie (1797) vii. 75).
1836W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 117 Ray's Bream..appears to have been less perfectly known to the older writers than might have been expected. 1925J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 74 Ray's Bream is a fish of characteristic appearance, with a body elevated and compressed, and a very long dorsal fin. 1959A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. x. 208 This species should not be confused with Ray's bream..which has also been called the black sea-bream. 1969A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 339/2 Ray's bream has little commercial value in northern waters though its flesh is very palatable. |