Rajella

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Rajella Higher classification Skate Order Rajiformes		Family Rajidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus
Lower classifications Leopard skate, Ghost skate, Bigthorn skate

Rajella is a genus of skate found deeper than 150 m (490 ft) in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

Rajella annandalei M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Annandale's skate)

Rajella barnardi Norman, 1935 (Bigthorn skate)

Rajella bathyphila Holt & Byrne, 1908 (Deep-water ray)

Rajella bigelowi Stehmann, 1978 (Bigelow's ray)

Rajella caudaspinosa von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Munchkin skate)

Rajella challengeri Last & Stehmann, 2008 (Challenger Skate)

Rajella dissimilis Hulley, 1970 (Ghost skate)

Rajella eisenhardti Long & McCosker, 1999 (Galápagos grey skate)

Rajella fuliginea Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954 (Sooty skate)

Rajella fyllae Lütken, 1887 (Round ray)

Rajella kukujevi Dolganov, 1985 (Mid-Atlantic Skate)

Rajella leopardus von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Leopard skate)

Rajella lintea Fries, 1838 (Sailray)

Rajella nigerrima F. de Buen, 1960 (Blackish skate)

Rajella paucispinosa Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 (Sparsely-thorned skate)

Rajella purpuriventralis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Purplebelly skate)

Rajella ravidula Hulley, 1970 (Smoothback skate)

Rajella sadowskii G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1974 (Brazilian skate)

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