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Raja Linnaeus, 1758

105766  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105766)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Elasmobranchii (Class)
  8. Neoselachii (Subclass)
  9. Batoidea (Infraclass)
  10. Rajiformes (Order)
  11. Rajidae (Family)
  12. Raja (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Spiniraja Whitley, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809
  2. Species Raja bahamensis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1965
  3. Species Raja brachyura Lafont, 1871
  4. Species Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758
  5. Species Raja herwigi Krefft, 1965
  6. Species Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838
  7. Species Raja mauritaniensis White & Fricke, 2021
  8. Species Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818
  9. Species Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758
  10. Species Raja montagui Fowler, 1910
  11. Species Raja ocellifera Regan, 1906
  12. Species Raja parva Last & Séret, 2016
  13. Species Raja pita Fricke & Al-Hassan, 1995
  14. Species Raja polystigma Regan, 1923
  15. Species Raja radula Delaroche, 1809
  16. Species Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959
  17. Species Raja rouxi Capapé, 1977
  18. Species Raja straeleni Poll, 1951
  19. Species Raja undulata Lacepède, 1802
  20. Species Raja ackleyi Garman, 1881 accepted as Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Raja acutispina Ishiyama, 1958 accepted as Okamejei acutispina (Ishiyama, 1958)
  22. Species Raja africana Capapé, 1977 accepted as Raja mauritaniensis White & Fricke, 2021
  23. Species Raja alba Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Rostroraja alba (Lacepède, 1803)
  24. Species Raja annandalei Weber, 1913 accepted as Rajella annandalei (Weber, 1913)
  25. Species Raja australis MacLeay, 1884 accepted as Dentiraja australis (Macleay, 1884)
  26. Species Raja badia Garman, 1899 accepted as Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)
  27. Species Raja bathyphila Holt & Byrne, 1908 accepted as Rajella bathyphila (Holt & Byrne, 1908)
  28. Species Raja batis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  29. Species Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978 accepted as Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978)
  30. Species Raja binoculata Girard, 1855 accepted as Beringraja binoculata (Girard, 1855) (synonym)
  31. Species Raja boesemani Ishihara, 1987 accepted as Okamejei boesemani (Ishihara, 1987)
  32. Species Raja brachyura Günther, 1880 accepted as Bathyraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910) (homonym, ambiguous synonym)
  33. Species Raja bullisi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 accepted as Dipturus bullisi (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962)
  34. Species Raja campbelli Wallace, 1967 accepted as Dipturus campbelli (Wallace, 1967)
  35. Species Raja castelnaui Miranda Ribeiro, 1907 accepted as Atlantoraja castelnaui (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907)
  36. Species Raja caudaspinosa von Bonde & Swart, 1923 accepted as Rajella caudaspinosa (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)
  37. Species Raja cerva Whitley, 1939 accepted as Dentiraja cerva (Whitley, 1939)
  38. Species Raja cervigoni Bigelow & Schroeder, 1964 accepted as Rostroraja cervigoni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1964) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  39. Species Raja circularis Couch, 1838 accepted as Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838) (Basionym)
  40. Species Raja clarkii Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958 accepted as Dactylobatus clarkii (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)
  41. Species Raja compagnoi Stehmann, 1995 accepted as Leucoraja compagnoi (Stehmann, 1995)
  42. Species Raja cortezensis McEachran & Miyake, 1988 accepted as Caliraja cortezensis (McEachran & Miyake, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  43. Species Raja cyclophora Regan, 1903 accepted as Atlantoraja cyclophora (Regan, 1903)
  44. Species Raja dageti Capapé, 1977 accepted as Rajella barnardi (Norman, 1935) (synonym)
  45. Species Raja dissimilis Hulley, 1970 accepted as Rajella dissimilis (Hulley, 1970)
  46. Species Raja doutrei Cadenat, 1960 accepted as Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960)
  47. Species Raja eglanteria Bosc, 1800 accepted as Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc, 1800)
  48. Species Raja equatorialis Jordan & Bollman, 1890 accepted as Rostroraja equatorialis (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Raja erinacea Mitchill, 1825 accepted as Leucoraja erinaceus (Mitchill, 1825)
  50. Species Raja fuliginea Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954 accepted as Rajella fuliginea (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954)
  51. Species Raja fullonica Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leucoraja fullonica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  52. Species Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887 accepted as Rajella fyllae (Lütken, 1887)
  53. Species Raja garmani Whitley, 1939 accepted as Leucoraja garmani (Whitley, 1939)
  54. Species Raja georgiana Norman, 1938 accepted as Amblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938)
  55. Species Raja gigas Ishiyama, 1958 accepted as Dipturus gigas (Ishiyama, 1958)
  56. Species Raja gudgeri (Whitley, 1940) accepted as Dipturus gudgeri (Whitley, 1940)
  57. Species Raja heemstrai McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982 accepted as Okamejei heemstrai (McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982)
  58. Species Raja hollandi Jordan & Richardson, 1909 accepted as Okamejei hollandi (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
  59. Species Raja hyperborea Collett, 1879 accepted as Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)
  60. Species Raja innominata Garrick & Paul, 1974 accepted as Dipturus innominatus (Garrick & Paul, 1974)
  61. Species Raja inornata Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 accepted as Beringraja inornata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) (synonym)
  62. Species Raja jenseni Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 accepted as Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)
  63. Species Raja johannisdavisi Alcock, 1899 accepted as Dipturus johannisdavisi (Alcock, 1899)
  64. Species Raja kenojei Bürger in Müller & Henle, 1841 accepted as Okamejei kenojei (Bürger in Müller & Henle, 1841)
  65. Species Raja laevis Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Dipturus laevis (Mitchill, 1818)
  66. Species Raja lanceorostrata Wallace, 1967 accepted as Dipturus lanceorostratus (Wallace, 1967)
  67. Species Raja lemprieri Richardson, 1845 accepted as Dentiraja lemprieri (Richardson, 1845)
  68. Species Raja lentiginosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 accepted as Leucoraja lentiginosa (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
  69. Species Raja leopardus von Bonde & Swart, 1923 accepted as Rajella leopardus (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)
  70. Species Raja leucosticta Stehmann, 1971 accepted as Leucoraja leucosticta (Stehmann, 1971)
  71. Species Raja lintea Fries, 1838 accepted as Rajella lintea (Fries, 1838) (synonym)
  72. Species Raja macrocauda Ishiyama, 1955 accepted as Dipturus macrocauda (Ishiyama, 1955)
  73. Species Raja meerdervoortii Bleeker, 1860 accepted as Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860)
  74. Species Raja melitensis Clark, 1926 accepted as Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926)
  75. Species Raja naevus Müller & Henle, 1841 accepted as Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841)
  76. Species Raja nasuta Müller & Henle, 1841 accepted as Dipturus nasutus (Müller & Henle, 1841)
  77. Species Raja nidarosiensis Storm, 1881 accepted as Dipturus nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) (Basionym)
  78. Species Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Leucoraja ocellata (Mitchill, 1815)
  79. Species Raja olseni Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 accepted as Dipturus olseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
  80. Species Raja oxyrinchus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Basionym)
  81. Species Raja polyommata Ogilby, 1910 accepted as Dentiraja polyommata (Ogilby, 1910)
  82. Species Raja powelli Alcock, 1898 accepted as Orbiraja powelli (Alcock, 1898)
  83. Species Raja pulchra Liu, 1932 accepted as Beringraja pulchra (Liu, 1932) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  84. Species Raja pullopunctata Smith, 1964 accepted as Dipturus pullopunctatus (Smith, 1964)
  85. Species Raja purpuriventralis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 accepted as Rajella purpuriventralis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962)
  86. Species Raja radiata Donovan, 1808 accepted as Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) (basionym)
  87. Species Raja ravidula Hulley, 1970 accepted as Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970)
  88. Species Raja rhina Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 accepted as Beringraja rhina (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (synonym)
  89. Species Raja robertsi Hulley, 1970 accepted as Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)
  90. Species Raja schmidti Ishiyama, 1958 accepted as Okamejei schmidti (Ishiyama, 1958)
  91. Species Raja springeri Wallace, 1967 accepted as Dipturus springeri (Wallace, 1967)
  92. Species Raja stellulata Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 accepted as Caliraja stellulata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  93. Species Raja stenorhynchus Wallace, 1967 accepted as Dipturus stenorhynchus (Wallace, 1967)
  94. Species Raja taaf Meisner, 1987 accepted as Amblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987)
  95. Species Raja teevani Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 accepted as Dipturus teevani (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
  96. Species Raja tengu Jordan & Fowler, 1903 accepted as Dipturus tengu (Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
  97. Species Raja texana Chandler, 1921 accepted as Rostroraja texana (Chandler, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  98. Species Raja velezi Chirichigno F., 1973 accepted as Rostroraja velezi (Chirichigno F., 1973)
  99. Species Raja wallacei Hulley, 1970 accepted as Leucoraja wallacei (Hulley, 1970)
  100. Species Raja whitleyi Iredale, 1938 accepted as Spiniraja whitleyi (Iredale, 1938) (synonym)
  101. Species Raja longirostris (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  102. Species Raja montereyensis Gilbert, 1915 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 231 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Raja Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105766 on 2025-06-03
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Raja Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105766 on 2025-06-03
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2023-11-08 18:36:02Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 231 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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] 
 
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