Rajella

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Rajella
Rajella barnardi.jpg
Rajella barnardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Family:
Rajidae
Genus:
Rajella

, 1970
Type species
Raja fyllae
Lütken, 1887

Rajella is a genus of skate found deeper than 150 m (490 ft) in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Species[]

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

  • M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Annandale's skate)
  • Rajella barnardi Norman, 1935 (Bigthorn skate)
  • Rajella bathyphila Holt & , 1908 (Deep-water ray)
  • Rajella bigelowi , 1978 (Bigelow's ray)
  • Rajella caudaspinosa von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Munchkin skate)
  • Last & , 2008 (Challenger Skate)
  • Rajella dissimilis Hulley, 1970 (Ghost skate)
  • & McCosker, 1999 (Galápagos grey skate)
  • Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954 (Sooty skate)
  • Lütken, 1887 (Round ray)
  • , 1985 (Mid-Atlantic Skate)
  • Rajella leopardus von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Leopard skate)
  • Rajella lintea Fries, 1838 (Sailray)
  • Rajella nigerrima F. de Buen, 1960 (Blackish skate)
  • , & , 2014 (Sparsely-thorned skate) [1]
  • Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Purplebelly skate)
  • Rajella ravidula Hulley, 1970 (Smoothback skate)
  • Rajella sadowskii & , 1974 (Brazilian skate)

References[]

  1. ^ Weigmann, S.; Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2014). "Rajella paucispinosa n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the western Indian Ocean off South Mozambique, and a revised generic diagnosis" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 359–387. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.3.


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