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 fullonica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucoraja*	Malm, 1877	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja fullonica*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: raxha gjëmbore sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: kaardrog 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: shagreen ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: raie chardon 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Swedish: näbbrocka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Welsh: morgath gribog

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	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.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leucoraja fullonica (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:105874