Rajidae

Amblyraja hyperborea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Genera (18): Amblyraja – Beringraja – Breviraja – Caliraja – Dactylobatus – Dentiraja – Dipturus – Hongeo – Leucoraja – Malacoraja – Neoraja – Okamejei – Orbiraja – Raja – Rajella – Rostroraja – Spiniraja – Zearaja

Name

Rajidae Bonaparte, 1831

References

Additional references

• McEachran, J.D. & Dunn, K.A. 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2): 271–290. DOI: 10.2307/1447424
• Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Zoogeography and relationships of Australasian skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Journal of Biogeography 29(12): 1627–1641. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00793.x
• Last, P.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Weigmann, S. 2016. Skates: Family Rajidae. Pp. 204–363 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Weigmann, S. & Dumale, D. 2016. A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4184(1): 52–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.3. Reference page. 
• Gordon, C.A., Hood, A.R. & Ellis, J.R. 2016. Descriptions and revised key to the eggcases of the skates (Rajiformes: Rajidae) and catsharks (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) of the British Isles. Zootaxa 4150(3): 255–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.3.2. Reference page. 
• Rigby, C.L., White, W.T. & Kyne, P.M. 2017. Description of the egg cases of Dentiraja polyommata (Rajiformes: Rajidae) and Asymbolus pallidus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4294(3): 329–341. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.3.3. Reference page. 
• Ebert 2022. Caliraja gen. nov., a new skate genus (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the eastern North Pacific. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 57: 1–5. DOI: 10.22370/rbmo.2022.57.Especial.3209 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Ромбавыя
• български: Морсколисицови
• Ελληνικά: Σελάχια (Σαλάχια)
• magyar: Valódi rájafélék