Deep-Sea taxon details
Rajella fyllae (Lütken, 1887)
105894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105894)
accepted
Species
Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987 · unaccepted
Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887) Lütken, C. F. (1887). Korte Bidrag til nordisk Ichthyographi. VI. En for Grønlandshavet ny Rokke-art (Raja Fyllae n. sp. ad int.) m. m. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret.</em> 1887: 1-4, Pl. 1. [details]
Distribution found in deeper shelf and slope waters, in 3-5.5°C water temperature
Distribution found in deeper shelf and slope waters, in 3-5.5°C water temperature [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rajella fyllae (Lütken, 1887). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105894 on 2026-09-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rajella fyllae (Lütken, 1887). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105894 on 2026-09-11
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(of Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887) Lütken, C. F. (1887). Korte Bidrag til nordisk Ichthyographi. VI. En for Grønlandshavet ny Rokke-art (Raja Fyllae n. sp. ad int.) m. m. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret.</em> 1887: 1-4, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987) Mc Eachran, J.D.; Miyake, T. (1987). A new species of skate of the genus <i>Breviraja</i> from off Nova Scotia, with comments on the status of <i>Breviraja</i> and <i>Neoraja</i> (Chondrichthyes, Rajoidei). Copeia 1987(2):409-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1445778 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987) Mc Eachran, J.D.; Miyake, T. (1987). A new species of skate of the genus <i>Breviraja</i> from off Nova Scotia, with comments on the status of <i>Breviraja</i> and <i>Neoraja</i> (Chondrichthyes, Rajoidei). Copeia 1987(2):409-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1445778 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feed on all kinds of bottom animals with preference for invertebrates [details]Distribution found in deeper shelf and slope waters, in 3-5.5°C water temperature [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found in deeper shelf and slope waters, in 3-5.5°C water temperature. [details]
Reproduction Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | fyllas rokke [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | round skateNova Scotia skate [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | raie ronde | [details] |
| German | Fyllarochen | [details] |
| Lithuanian | apvalioji raja | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | rundskate | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | rundskate | [details] |
| Polish | raja listnik | [details] |
| Swedish | rundrocka | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (78 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rajella fyllae)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Breviraja marklei RAD109899-001) (from synonym Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Breviraja marklei RAD109899-002) (from synonym Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987)
To PESI (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rajella fyllae)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Breviraja marklei RAD109899-001) (from synonym Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Breviraja marklei RAD109899-002) (from synonym Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987)
To PESI (from synonym Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887)
To PESI
To ITIS
