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 naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucoraja*	Malm, 1877	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja naevus*	Müller & Henle, 1841	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grootoog; grootoogrog; wilde rog sources: Ann-Katrien Leskrauwaet;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: cuckoo ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: raie fleurie 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: Kuckucksrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: morgath lygadog

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 images (Leucoraja naevus, UK Scotland, by Greenfield, J.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841). 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:105876