Biology:Rajella

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Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Rajella
Rajella barnardi.jpg
Rajella barnardi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Rajella
Stehmann, 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:

  • Rajella annandalei M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Annandale's skate)
  • Rajella barnardi Norman, 1935 (Bigthorn skate)
  • Rajella bathyphila Holt & Byrne, 1908 (Deep-water ray)
  • Rajella bigelowi Stehmann, 1978 (Bigelow's ray)
  • Rajella caudaspinosa von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Munchkin skate)
  • Rajella challengeri Last & Stehmann, 2008 (Challenger skate)
  • Rajella dissimilis Hulley, 1970 (Ghost skate)
  • Rajella eisenhardti Long & McCosker, 1999 (Galápagos grey skate)
  • Rajella fuliginea Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954 (Sooty skate)
  • Rajella fyllae Lütken, 1887 (Round ray)
  • Rajella kukujevi Dolganov, 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)
  • Rajella paucispinosa Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 (Sparsely-thorned skate) [1]
  • Rajella purpuriventralis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Purplebelly skate)
  • Rajella ravidula Hulley, 1970 (Smoothback skate)
  • Rajella sadowskii G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1974 (Brazilian skate)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2703052 entry