WoRMS taxon details
Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758
105883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105883)
accepted
Species
Cephaleutherus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Hieroptera abredonensis Fleming, 1841 · unaccepted
Malacoraja clavata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Raia aspera Risso, 1810 · unaccepted
Raia rhizacanthus Regan, 1906 · unaccepted
Raia rubus Bloch, 1784 · unaccepted
Raja aspera Risso, 1810 · unaccepted
Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910 · unaccepted
Raja capensis Müller & Henle, 1841 · unaccepted
Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Raja pontica Pallas, 1914 · unaccepted
Raja rubus Bloch, 1784 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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page(s): 232 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105883 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 232 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910) Fowler, H.W. (1910). Notes on batoid fishes. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 62: 468-475., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526405 [details]
original description (of Raja capensis Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-vii + 1-196. [Gray's role apparently limited to seeing existing manuscript through publication; descriptions are from Gronow.]. [details]
original description (of Raja pontica Pallas, 1914) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29102052 [details]
original description (of Hieroptera abredonensis Fleming, 1841) Fleming, J. (1841). Description of a species of skate new to the British fauna. <em>The Edinburgh new philosophical journal; exhibiting a view of the progressive discoveries and improvements in the sciences and the arts.</em> 31(62): 236-238, Pls. 4-5. [details]
original description (of Raia rubus Bloch, 1784) Bloch, M.E. (1784). M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin. <em>Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands.</em> Berlin. 3: i-viii + 1-234, Pls. 73-108. [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]
page(s): 232 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910) Fowler, H.W. (1910). Notes on batoid fishes. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 62: 468-475., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526405 [details]
original description (of Raja capensis Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-vii + 1-196. [Gray's role apparently limited to seeing existing manuscript through publication; descriptions are from Gronow.]. [details]
original description (of Raja pontica Pallas, 1914) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29102052 [details]
original description (of Hieroptera abredonensis Fleming, 1841) Fleming, J. (1841). Description of a species of skate new to the British fauna. <em>The Edinburgh new philosophical journal; exhibiting a view of the progressive discoveries and improvements in the sciences and the arts.</em> 31(62): 236-238, Pls. 4-5. [details]
original description (of Raia rubus Bloch, 1784) Bloch, M.E. (1784). M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin. <em>Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands.</em> Berlin. 3: i-viii + 1-234, Pls. 73-108. [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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 232 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 232 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | shorirajaragjadhelpra e detit | [details] |
| Basque | bastangaArraia gastaka | [details] |
| Breton | rodellekrac | [details] |
| Catalan | rajada punxosaclavelladaclavellbastina clavejada | [details] |
| Danish | sømrokke | [details] |
| Dutch | stekelrogruige rogdoornrog | [details] |
| English | thornback rayroker | [details] |
| French | raie bouclée | [details] |
| German | NagelrochenKeulenrochenDornrochen | [details] |
| Hebrew | תריסנית קוצנית | [details] |
| Icelandic | dröfnuskata | [details] |
| Italian | razza chiodataraza | [details] |
| Lithuanian | dyglioji raja | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Καλκανόβατος | [details] |
| Norwegian | piggskatepiggrokke | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | piggskate | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | piggskate | [details] |
| Polish | raja nabijanaraja ciernistapłaszczka nabijana | [details] |
| Portuguese | raia pregadaraialenga | [details] |
| Romanian | pisică de marepisica de mare | [details] |
| Russian | Скат шиповатыйморская лисицаили колючий скатshipovatyi skat | [details] |
| Slovenian | raža trnjevka | [details] |
| Spanish | raya de clavosraya común | [details] |
| Swedish | knaggrocka | [details] |
| Turkish | dikenli vatoz | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Скат шипуватийСкат колючийРомбовий скат колючийМорська лисиця | [details] |
| Welsh | morgath stydscath fôr | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (188 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Raja pontica Pallas, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Raja aspera Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Raja capensis Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Raia aspera Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Raia rubus Bloch, 1784)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Raja rubus Bloch, 1784)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (499 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Raia rhizacanthus Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hieroptera abredonensis Fleming, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cephaleutherus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja clavata)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja capensis Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hieroptera abredonensis Fleming, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaleutherus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja pontica Pallas, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja rubus Bloch, 1784)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia aspera Risso, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia rhizacanthus Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia rubus Bloch, 1784)
To Fishbase (from synonym Malacoraja clavata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Raja aspera Risso, 1810)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (410 nucleotides; 348 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (188 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Raja pontica Pallas, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Raja aspera Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Raja capensis Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Raia aspera Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Raia rubus Bloch, 1784)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Raja rubus Bloch, 1784)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (499 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Raia rhizacanthus Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hieroptera abredonensis Fleming, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cephaleutherus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja clavata)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja capensis Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hieroptera abredonensis Fleming, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephaleutherus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja pontica Pallas, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja rubus Bloch, 1784)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia aspera Risso, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia rhizacanthus Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia rubus Bloch, 1784)
To Fishbase (from synonym Malacoraja clavata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Raja aspera Risso, 1810)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (410 nucleotides; 348 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
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