F I G U R E 1 (a) Outline diagram of a Leucoraja erinacea indicating the position of vertebrae 1, c. 24, and 80. The transition between abdominal and caudal vertebrae varies among individuals but occurs at c. vertebra 24., Centra 10–20 where vertebrae were sampled. (b) Parts of a vertebra and the horizontal plane through which section were cut (). R, rostral; C, caudal. (c) The resulting horizonal section used for staining and ageing., The birth band;, subsequent opaque bands

Published as part of James, Kelsey C., 2020, Vertebral growth and band-pair deposition in sexually mature little skates Leucoraja erinacea: is adult band-pair deposition annual?, pp. 4-13 in Journal of Fish Biology 96 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14141, http://zenodo.org/record/10928893