Raja
Raja is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae containing 16 species. Formerly a wastebasket genus, many species historically placed here have been moved to other genera in the family, such as Amblyraja, Beringraja, Dipturus, Leucoraja and Rostroraja. Raja are flat-bodied, cartilaginous fish with a rhombic shapes due to their large pectoral fins extending from or nearly from the snouts to the bases of their tails. Their sharp snouts are produced by a cranial projection...
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Thornback Skate
speciesRaja clavata
Undulate Skate
speciesRaja undulata
Spotted Skate
speciesRaja montagui
Mediterranean Starry Skate
speciesRaja asterias
Blonde Skate
speciesRaja brachyura
Smalleyed Skate
speciesRaja microocellata
Twineye Skate
speciesRaja ocellifera
Rough Skate
speciesRaja radula
Biscuit Skate
speciesRaja straeleni
Twineye Skate
speciesRaja miraletus
African Brown Skate
speciesRaja parva
Speckled Skate
speciesRaja polystigma
Madeira Skate
speciesRaja maderensis
Raja mauritaniensis
speciesRaja mauritaniensis
Raja karagea
speciesRaja karagea
Cape Verde Skate
speciesRaja herwigi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48407.