Rajidae {family}  - Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Rajiformes;

Sub-taxa

   Genera (27)

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. There are more than 200 described species in 27 genera. There are two subfamilies, Rajinae (hardnose skates) and Arhynchobatinae (softnose skates). full article at Wikipedia

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 2,667
Specimens with Sequences : 2,148
Specimens with Barcodes : 1,746
Public Records : 379
Species : 208
Species With Barcodes : 192
   
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Bathyraja parmifera (Bathyraja)
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Collection Sites
Collected from 34 countries. Top 20 : Expand Expand List
  • unspecified [908]
  • Antarctica [460]
  • Canada [361]
  • Australia [161]
  • United States [140]
  • Argentina [119]
  • New Zealand [87]
  • Norway [64]
  • Italy [54]
  • United Kingdom [53]
  • Brazil [46]
  • Portugal [42]
  • South Africa [39]
  • Indonesia [31]
  • Ross Sea [17]
  • Spain [15]
  • Chile [13]
  • Taiwan [12]
  • Denmark [6]
  • Philippines [5]

Taxon Occurrence (GBIF)