Rajidae

Amblyraja hyperborea, a species of familia Rajidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Subfamiliae: Arhynchobatinae - Rajinae

Overview of genera

Amblyraja - Anacanthobatis - Arhynchobatis - Atlantoraja - Bathyraja - Breviraja - Brochiraja - Cruriraja - Dactylobatus - Dentiraja – Dipturus - Fenestraja - Gurgesiella - Indobatis – Irolita - Leucoraja - Malacoraja - Neoraja - Notoraja - Okamejei - Orbiraja – Pavoraja - Psammobatis - Pseudoraja - Raja - Rajella - Rhinoraja - Rioraja - Rostroraja - Sympterygia - Zearaja

Name

Rajidae Bonaparte, 1831

Synonyms

• Anacanthobatidae
• Arhynchobatidae Fowler, 1934

References

• 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. 
• 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
• 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
• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Rajidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Rajidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

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