Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Rajidae > Genus Rajella

Rajella bathyphila (Holt & Byrne, 1908)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rajella*	Stehmann, 1970	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: chocolate skate; deepwater ray sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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

Lithuanian: gelminė rombinė raja

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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Rajella bathyphila (Holt & Byrne, 1908). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105892