Rajidae

67 species in this family

The Rajidae family belongs to the rays & skates and includes 67 species in the guide. You find them all below, with photos, identification details and distribution. Identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.

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Best-known species

Cuckoo ray

Leucoraja naevus

Rajidae

Thornback ray

Raja clavata

Rajidae

Blonde ray

Raja brachyura

Rajidae

Spotted ray (Raja montagui)

Rajidae

Undulate ray

Raja undulata

Rajidae

Thorny skate

Amblyraja radiata

Rajidae

Small-eyed ray

Raja microocellata

Rajidae

Common skate

Dipturus batis

Rajidae

Brown ray

Raja miraletus

Rajidae

Broad skate

Amblyraja badia

Rajidae

All species from A to Z

Acutenose skate

Dipturus tengu

Rajidae

Antarctic starry skate

Amblyraja georgiana

Rajidae

Australian thornback skate

Dentiraja lemprieri

Rajidae

Barndoor skate

Dipturus laevis

Rajidae

Big skate (Beringraja binoculata)

Rajidae

Big skate (Leucoraja ocellata)

Rajidae

Bigeye skate

Okamejei meerdervoortii

Rajidae

Bigthorn skate

Rajella barnardi

Rajidae

Biscuit skate

Raja straeleni

Rajidae

Blonde ray

Raja brachyura

Rajidae

Boeseman's skate

Okamejei boesemani

Rajidae

Broad skate

Amblyraja badia

Rajidae

Brown ray

Raja miraletus

Rajidae

California skate

Raja inornata

Rajidae

Clearnose skate

Raja eglanteria

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Common skate

Dipturus batis

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Cuckoo ray

Leucoraja naevus

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Equatorial skate

Raja equatorialis

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Freckled skate (Leucoraja garmani)

Rajidae

Freckled skate (Leucoraja lentiginosa)

Rajidae

Herwig's skate

Raja herwigi

Rajidae

Holland skate

Okamejei hollandi

Rajidae

Javalin skate

Dipturus doutrei

Rajidae

Jensen's skate

Amblyraja jenseni

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Korean skate

Hongeo koreana

Rajidae

Leopard skate

Rajella leoparda

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Little skate

Leucoraja erinacea

Rajidae

Longnose skate

Raja rhina

Rajidae

Longnosed skate

Dipturus oxyrinchus

Rajidae

Madeira skate

Raja maderensis

Rajidae

Maltese ray

Leucoraja melitensis

Rajidae

Markle's skate

Breviraja marklei

Rajidae

Maya skate

Leucoraja caribbaea

Rajidae

Mediterranean starry skate

Raja asterias

Rajidae

Melbourne skate

Dipturus whitleyi

Rajidae

Menni's skate

Dipturus mennii

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Norwegian skate

Dipturus nidarosiensis

Rajidae

Ocellate spot skate

Okamejei kenojei

Rajidae

Powell's skate

Okamejei powelli

Rajidae

Prickly skate

Malacoraja senta

Rajidae

Rasptail skate

Raja velezi

Rajidae

Ray (Amblyraja doellojuradoi)

Rajidae

Roberts' deepsea skate

Amblyraja robertsi

Rajidae

Rough ray

Raja radula

Rajidae

Rough skate

Zearaja nasuta

Rajidae

Roughnose leg skate

Cruriraja parcomaculata

Rajidae

Roughskin skate

Dipturus trachyderma

Rajidae

Round skate

Rajella fyllae

Rajidae

Roundel skate

Raja texana

Rajidae

Sailray

Rajella lintea

Rajidae

Sandy ray

Leucoraja circularis

Rajidae

Shagreen ray

Leucoraja fullonica

Rajidae

Sharpspine skate

Okamejei acutispina

Rajidae

Small-eyed ray

Raja microocellata

Rajidae

Speckled ray

Raja polystigma

Rajidae

Spotted ray (Raja montagui)

Rajidae

Spreadfin skate

Dipturus olseni

Rajidae

Starry skate

Raja stellulata

Rajidae

Stehmann's pygmy skate

Neoraja stehmanni

Rajidae

Thornback ray

Raja clavata

Rajidae

Thorny skate

Amblyraja radiata

Rajidae

Undulate ray

Raja undulata

Rajidae

Virginia skate

Leucoraja virginica

Rajidae

White skate

Rostroraja alba

Rajidae

Yellownose skate (Zearaja chilensis)

Rajidae

Yellownose skate (Dipturus flavirostris)

Rajidae

Yellowspotted skate

Leucoraja wallacei

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