Deep-Sea taxon details
Rajidae de Blainville, 1816
- Genus Amblyraja Malm, 1877
- Genus Arctoraja Ishiyama, 1958
- Genus Beringraja Ishihara, Treloar, Bor, Senou & Jeong, 2012
- Genus Breviraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948
- Genus Dactylobatus Bean & Weed, 1909
- Genus Dipturus Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Leucoraja Malm, 1877
- Genus Malacoraja Stehmann, 1970
- Genus Neoraja McEachran & Compagno, 1982
- Genus Okamejei Ishiyama, 1958
- Genus Raja Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Rajella Stehmann, 1970
- Genus Rostroraja Hulley, 1972
- Genus Zearaja Whitley, 1939
- Genus Raia Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Raja Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, spelling superseded by Raja)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
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. (2025). FishBase. Rajidae de Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105711 on 2025-10-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rajidae de Blainville, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105711 on 2025-10-07
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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 
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | skates | [details] |
| Japanese | ガンギエイ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | skatefamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | skatefamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | egentliga rockor | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rajidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rajidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
Unreviewed
