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CaRMS taxon detailsRajidae de Blainville, 1816
Genus Amblyraja Malm, 1877
Genus Beringraja Ishihara, Treloar, Bor, Senou & Jeong, 2012 Genus Breviraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 Genus Dipturus Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Fenestraja McEachran & Compagno, 1982 Genus Leucoraja Malm, 1877 Genus Malacoraja Stehmann, 1970 Genus Raja Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Rajella Stehmann, 1970 Genus Rostroraja Hulley, 1972
marine, brackish
Not documented
Description Benthic rays occurring in all oceans, from Arctic to Antarctic waters and from shallow coastal shelfs to abyssal regions;...
Description Benthic rays occurring in all oceans, from Arctic to Antarctic waters and from shallow coastal shelfs to abyssal regions; rare in tropical shallow waters or near coral reefs; some species enter brackish waters. Disc quadrangular to rhomboidal. Mouth transversed to arched, with numerous teeth. Five pairs of ventral gill slits. Tail very slender, with lateral folds, usually 2 reduced dorsal fins and a reduced caudal fin. Electric organs weak, developed from caudal muscles. Skin prickly in most species, the prickles often in a row along midline of dorsal. Oviparous; eggs in a horny capsule with four long tips. Skates feed on other benthic organisms. Skate wings are considered good eating. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Rajidae de Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105711 on 2021-12-02
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Rajidae de Blainville, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105711 on 2021-12-02
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
 basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2021). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2021., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Benthic rays occurring in all oceans, from Arctic to Antarctic waters and from shallow coastal shelfs to abyssal regions; rare in tropical shallow waters or near coral reefs; some species enter brackish waters. Disc quadrangular to rhomboidal. Mouth transversed to arched, with numerous teeth. Five pairs of ventral gill slits. Tail very slender, with lateral folds, usually 2 reduced dorsal fins and a reduced caudal fin. Electric organs weak, developed from caudal muscles. Skin prickly in most species, the prickles often in a row along midline of dorsal. Oviparous; eggs in a horny capsule with four long tips. Skates feed on other benthic organisms. Skate wings are considered good eating. [details]
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