''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
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,
Atlantic
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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
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& Stehmann, 2008 (Challenger skate)
* ''
Rajella dissimilis''
Hulley, 1970 (Ghost skate)
* ''
Rajella eisenhardti''
Long
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Measurement
* Long, characteristic of something of great duration
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& 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
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, 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
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