Rays and skates (order Batoidea) arrive under this line as whole or dressed fresh-chilled fish, with fillets and fish meat redirected to heading 0304. The commercially traded product is typically the 'wing' portion, but when imported as a whole or gutted fish rather than a cut fillet, it falls here. Several ray species — notably manta rays and some devil rays — are CITES Appendix II-listed, so species identification at the time of import is critical; a generic 'ray' description on shipping documents may trigger additional scrutiny from US Fish & Wildlife Service. Skates, by contrast, carry no CITES listing and are traded primarily as a food fish in European and Asian markets.

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