Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Rajidae > Genus Leucoraja

Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Raja Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucoraja*	Malm, 1877	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Breton: rea florien sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Dutch: zandrog sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: sandy ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: raie circulaire; raie de sable sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p

German: Sandrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Στρογγυλόβατος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: apvalioji raja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sandskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sandskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: raja piaskowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: круглый скат sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: raya falsa-vela sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kum vatozu balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Скат піщаний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morgath gron

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105873