Rajella Explained

Rajella is a genus of skate found deeper than 150m (490feet) in the Pacific, 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) ^[1]
Rajella purpuriventralis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Purplebelly skate)
Rajella ravidula Hulley, 1970 (Smoothback skate)
Rajella sadowskii G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1974 (Brazilian skate)