Rajidae

Skates

165 species

1. 1Amblyraja doellojuradoi (Pozzi, 1935) · Southern thorny skateocean · subtropical
2. 2Amblyraja frerichsi (Krefft, 1968) · Thickbody skateocean · deep-water
3. 3Amblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938) · Antarctic starry skateocean · deep-water
4. 4Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879) · Arctic skateocean · deep-water
5. 5Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) · Shorttail skateocean · deep-water
6. 6Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) · Starry raybrackish · ocean · boreal
7. 7Amblyraja reversa (Lloyd, 1906) · Reversed skateocean · deep-water
8. 8Amblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987) · Whiteleg skateocean · polar
9. 9Beringraja binoculata (Girard, 1855) · Big skateocean · temperate
10. 10Beringraja pulchra (Liu, 1932) · Mottled skateocean · temperate
11. 11Breviraja claramaculata McEachran & Matheson, 1985 · Brightspot skateocean · deep-water
12. 12Breviraja colesi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 · Lightnose skateocean · deep-water
13. 13Breviraja mouldi McEachran & Matheson, 1995 · Blacknose skateocean · tropical
14. 14Breviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson, 1985 · Blackbelly skateocean · deep-water
15. 15Breviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 · Spinose skateocean · deep-water
16. 16Caliraja cortezensis (McEachran & Miyake, 1988) · Cortez skateocean · subtropical · newer than the 2023 backbone
17. 17Caliraja inornata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) · California skateocean · temperate · newer than the 2023 backbone
18. 18Caliraja rhina (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) · Longnose skateocean · deep-water · newer than the 2023 backbone
19. 19Caliraja stellulata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) · Starry skateocean · temperate · newer than the 2023 backbone
20. 20Dactylobatus armatus Bean & Weed, 1909 · Skilletskateocean · deep-water
21. 21Dactylobatus clarkii (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) · Hookskateocean · deep-water
22. 22Dentiraja australis (Macleay, 1884) · Sydney skateocean · temperate
23. 23Dentiraja cerva (Whitley, 1939) · Whitespotted skateocean · temperate
24. 24Dentiraja confusa (Last, 2008)ocean · temperate
25. 25Dentiraja endeavouri (Last, 2008) · Endeavour skatebrackish · tropical
26. 26Dentiraja falloargus (Last, 2008) · False Argus skateocean · tropical
27. 27Dentiraja flindersi Last & Gledhill, 2008 · Pygmy thornback skateocean · subtropical
28. 28Dentiraja healdi (Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008) · Heald's skateocean · deep-water
29. 29Dentiraja lemprieri (Richardson, 1845) · Thornback skateocean · temperate
30. 30Dentiraja oculus (Last, 2008)ocean · tropical
31. 31Dentiraja polyommata (Ogilby, 1910) · Argus skateocean · subtropical
32. 32Dipturus acrobelus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 · Deepwater skateocean · deep-water
33. 33Dipturus amphispinus Last & Alava, 2013 · Ridgeback skateocean · tropical
34. 34Dipturus apricus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 · Pale tropical skateocean · deep-water
35. 35Dipturus argentinensis Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008 · Argentine skateocean · temperate
36. 36Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Blue skateocean · temperate
37. 37Dipturus bullisi (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) · Bullis skateocean · deep-water
38. 38Dipturus campbelli (Wallace, 1967) · Blackspot skateocean · subtropical
39. 39Dipturus canutus Last, 2008 · Grey skateocean · temperate
40. 40Dipturus chinensis (Basilewsky, 1855)ocean · subtropical
41. 41Dipturus crosnieri (Séret, 1989) · Madagascar skateocean · deep-water
42. 42Dipturus diehli Soto & Mincarone, 2001 · Thorny tail skateocean · deep-water
43. 43Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960) · Violet skateocean · deep-water
44. 44Dipturus ecuadoriensis (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) · Ecuador skateocean · tropical
45. 45Dipturus flavirostris (Philippi, 1892)ocean · subtropical
46. 46Dipturus garricki (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) · San Blas skateocean · deep-water
47. 47Dipturus gigas (Ishiyama, 1958) · Giant skateocean · deep-water
48. 48Dipturus grahamorum Last, 2008 · Graham's skateocean · tropical
49. 49Dipturus gudgeri (Whitley, 1940) · Bight skateocean · temperate
50. 50Dipturus innominatus (Garrick & Paul, 1974) · New Zealand smooth skateocean · deep-water
51. 51Dipturus intermedius (Parnell, 1837)ocean · temperate
52. 52Dipturus johannisdavisi (Alcock, 1899) · Travancore skateocean · deep-water
53. 53Dipturus kwangtungensis (Chu, 1960) · Kwangtung skateocean · subtropical
54. 54Dipturus laevis (Mitchill, 1818) · Barndoor skateocean · temperate
55. 55Dipturus lamillai Concha, Caira, Ebert & Pompert, 2019 · Warrah skateocean · deep-water
56. 56Dipturus lanceorostratus (Wallace, 1967) · Rattail skatebrackish · ocean · deep-water
57. 57Dipturus leptocauda (Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) · Thintail skateocean · deep-water
58. 58Dipturus macrocauda (Ishiyama, 1955) · Bigtail skateocean · deep-water
59. 59Dipturus melanospilus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 · Blacktip skateocean · deep-water
60. 60Dipturus mennii Gomes & Paragó, 2001 · South Brazilian skateocean · subtropical
61. 61Dipturus nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) · Norwegian skateocean · deep-water
62. 62Dipturus olseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) · Spreadfin skateocean · tropical
63. 63Dipturus oregoni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) · Hooktail skateocean · deep-water
64. 64Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Longnosed skateocean · deep-water
65. 65Dipturus pullopunctatus (Smith, 1964) · Slime skateocean · subtropical
66. 66Dipturus queenslandicus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 · Queensland deepwater skateocean · deep-water
67. 67Dipturus springeri (Wallace, 1967) · Roughbelly skateocean · deep-water
68. 68Dipturus stenorhynchus (Wallace, 1967) · Prow-nose skateocean · deep-water
69. 69Dipturus teevani (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) · Prickly brown rayocean · deep-water
70. 70Dipturus tengu (Jordan & Fowler, 1903) · Acutenose skateocean · temperate
71. 71Dipturus trachyderma (Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) · Rayocean · deep-water
72. 72Dipturus wengi Séret & Last, 2008 · Weng's skateocean · temperate
73. 73Dipturus wuhanlingi Jeong & Nakabo, 2008 · China skateocean · subtropical
74. 74Hongeo koreanus (Jeong & Nakabo, 1997) · Korean skateocean · temperate
75. 75Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838) · Sandy rayocean · temperate
76. 76Leucoraja compagnoi (Stehmann, 1995) · Tigertail skateocean · deep-water
77. 77Leucoraja elaineae Ebert & Leslie, 2019 · Elaine's skateocean · tropical
78. 78Leucoraja erinaceus (Mitchill, 1825) · Little skateocean · temperate
79. 79Leucoraja fullonica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Shagreen rayocean · deep-water
80. 80Leucoraja garmani (Whitley, 1939) · Rosette skateocean · subtropical
81. 81Leucoraja lentiginosa (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) · Freckled skateocean · tropical
82. 82Leucoraja leucosticta (Stehmann, 1971) · Whitedappled skateocean · deep-water
83. 83Leucoraja longirostris Weigmann, Stehmann, Séret & Ishihara, 2024 · Brown longnose skateocean · tropical · newer than the 2023 backbone
84. 84Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926) · Maltese rayocean · deep-water
85. 85Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841) · Cuckoo rayocean · subtropical
86. 86Leucoraja ocellata (Mitchill, 1815) · Winter skateocean · temperate
87. 87Leucoraja pristispina Last, Stehmann & Séret, 2008 · Sawback skateocean · tropical
88. 88Leucoraja wallacei (Hulley, 1970) · Yellowspotted skatebrackish · ocean · deep-water
89. 89Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) · Yucatan skateocean · tropical
90. 90Malacoraja kreffti (Stehmann, 1978) · Krefft's rayocean · temperate
91. 91Malacoraja obscura Carvalho, Gomes & Gadig, 2005 · Brazilian soft skateocean · tropical
92. 92Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885) · Smooth skatebrackish · ocean · deep-water
93. 93Malacoraja spinacidermis (Barnard, 1923) · Soft skateocean · deep-water
94. 94Neoraja africana (Stehmann & Séret, 1983) · West African pygmy skateocean · deep-water
95. 95Neoraja caerulea (Stehmann, 1976) · Blue rayocean · deep-water
96. 96Neoraja carolinensis McEachran & Stehmann, 1984 · Carolina pygmy skateocean · deep-water
97. 97Neoraja iberica Stehmann, Séret, Costa & Baro, 2008 · Iberian pygmy skateocean · subtropical
98. 98Neoraja stehmanni (Hulley, 1972) · African pygmy skateocean · deep-water
99. 99Okamejei acutispina (Ishiyama, 1958) · Sharpspine skateocean · temperate
100. 100Okamejei arafurensis Last & Gledhill, 2008 · Arafura skateocean · tropical
101. 101Okamejei boesemani (Ishihara, 1987) · Boeseman's skateocean · tropical
102. 102Okamejei cairae Last, Fahmi & Ishihara, 2010 · Borneo sand Skateocean · tropical
103. 103Okamejei heemstrai (McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982) · East African skateocean · deep-water
104. 104Okamejei hollandi (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) · Yellow-spotted skateocean · tropical
105. 105Okamejei kenojei (Bürger, 1841) · Ocellate spot skateocean · temperate
106. 106Okamejei leptoura Last & Gledhill, 2008ocean · tropical
107. 107Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860) · Bigeye skateocean · tropical
108. 108Okamejei mengae Jeong, Nakabo & Wu, 2007ocean · subtropical
109. 109Okamejei ornata Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2015 · Ornate skateocean · tropical
110. 110Okamejei panayensis Misawa, Babaran & Motomura, 2022 · Philippine skateocean · tropical
111. 111Okamejei picta Ng, Ho, Joung & Liu, 2023ocean · deep-water
112. 112Okamejei schmidti (Ishiyama, 1958) · Browneye skateocean · temperate
113. 113Orbiraja jensenae (Last & Lim, 2010) · Sulu Sea skateocean · tropical
114. 114Orbiraja philipi (Lloyd, 1906)ocean · deep-water
115. 115Orbiraja powelli (Alcock, 1898) · Indian ring skateocean · tropical
116. 116Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809 · Mediterranean starry rayocean · subtropical
117. 117Raja brachyura Lafont, 1873 · Blonde rayocean · temperate
118. 118Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 · Thornback rayocean · subtropical
119. 119Raja cyanoplax Koerber & Kast, 2023ocean · tropical
120. 120Raja herwigi Krefft, 1965 · Cape Verde skateocean · tropical
121. 121Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838 · Madeiran rayocean · deep-water
122. 122Raja mauritaniensis White & Fricke, 2021 · African rayocean · subtropical
123. 123Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818 · Small-eyed rayocean · temperate
124. 124Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758 · Brown raybrackish · ocean · subtropical
125. 125Raja montagui Fowler, 1910 · Spotted rayocean · temperate
126. 126Raja ocellifera Regan, 1906ocean · temperate
127. 127Raja parva Last & Séret, 2016 · African brown skateocean · tropical
128. 128Raja pita Fricke & Al-Hassan, 1995 · Pita skateocean · subtropical
129. 129Raja polystigma Regan, 1923 · Speckled rayocean · subtropical
130. 130Raja radula Delaroche, 1809 · Rough rayocean · subtropical
131. 131Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959 · Rondelet's rayocean · subtropical
132. 132Raja rouxi Capapé, 1977ocean · deep-water
133. 133Raja straeleni Poll, 1951 · Spotted skateocean · tropical
134. 134Raja undulata Lacepède, 1802 · Undulate rayocean · subtropical
135. 135Rajella annandalei (Weber, 1913) · Annandale's skateocean · deep-water
136. 136Rajella barnardi (Norman, 1935) · Bigthorn skateocean · deep-water
137. 137Rajella bathyphila (Holt & Byrne, 1908) · Deep-water rayocean · boreal
138. 138Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978) · Bigelow's rayocean · deep-water
139. 139Rajella caudaspinosa (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) · Munchskin skateocean · deep-water
140. 140Rajella challengeri Last & Stehmann, 2008 · Challenger skateocean · tropical
141. 141Rajella dissimilis (Hulley, 1970) · Ghost skateocean · deep-water
142. 142Rajella eisenhardti Long & McCosker, 1999 · Galapagos grey skateocean · deep-water
143. 143Rajella fuliginea (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954) · Sooty skateocean · tropical
144. 144Rajella fyllae (Lütken, 1887) · Round rayocean · deep-water
145. 145Rajella kukujevi (Dolganov, 1985) · Mid-Atlantic skateocean · deep-water
146. 146Rajella leopardus (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) · Leopard skateocean · deep-water
147. 147Rajella lintea (Fries, 1838) · Sailrayocean · deep-water
148. 148Rajella nigerrima (de Buen, 1960) · Blackish skateocean · deep-water
149. 149Rajella paucispinosa Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 · Sparsely-thorned skateocean · tropical
150. 150Rajella purpuriventralis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) · Purplebelly skateocean · deep-water
151. 151Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970) · Smoothback skateocean · deep-water
152. 152Rajella sadowskii (Krefft & Stehmann, 1974) · Brazilian skateocean · deep-water
153. 153Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman, 1881) · Ocellate skateocean · tropical
154. 154Rostroraja alba (Lacepède, 1803) · White skateocean · subtropical
155. 155Rostroraja bahamensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1965) · Bahama skateocean · deep-water
156. 156Rostroraja cervigoni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1964) · Finspot rayocean · tropical
157. 157Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc, 1800) · Clearnose skatebrackish · ocean · subtropical
158. 158Rostroraja equatorialis (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) · Equatorial skateocean · tropical
159. 159Rostroraja texana (Chandler, 1921) · Roundel skateocean · subtropical
160. 160Rostroraja velezi (Chirichigno F., 1973) · Velez rayocean · deep-water
161. 161Spiniraja whitleyi (Iredale, 1938) · Melbourne skateocean · temperate
162. 162Zearaja brevicaudata (Marini, 1933) · Short tail Yellownose skateocean · tropical
163. 163Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) · Yellownose skateocean · temperate
164. 164Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007 · Maugean skatebrackish · temperate
165. 165Zearaja nasuta (Müller & Henle, 1841) · New Zealand rough skateocean · temperate

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.