''Rajella'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of skate found deeper than in the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...

, 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)

References

Rajidae Ray genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rajiformes-stub