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 Raja

Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Raja*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Raia*	Linnaeus, 1758	orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: ferrëza; raxha me yjëza 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: Middellandse-Zeesterrog 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: Mediterranean starry ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: raie étoilée 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.

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

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

Hebrew: תריסנית כוכבנית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Slovenian: zvezdasta raža sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Ukrainian: Скат середземноморський зірчастий

Literature

original description	Delaroche, F.-E. (1809). Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Tableau des espèces de poissons que j'ai observées à Iviça pendant les mois de décembre, janvier et février. Tableau des poissons que j'ai observés à Maïorque et à Barcelonne, mais que je n'ai point vus à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau, et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 13: 313-361, plates 20-25.
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).
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
FishBase images (Raja asterias, Turkey, by Ilkyaz, A.T.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809. 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:105881