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 Rostroraja

Rostroraja alba (Lacepède, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rostroraja*	Hulley, 1972	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raia alba*	Lacepède, 1803	orthographic variant
*Raja alba*	Lacepède, 1803	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: witte rog 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: white skate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: raie blanche 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: Bandrochen; Saumrochen 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: morgath wen

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).
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 (Rostroraja alba, Ireland, by Østergaard, T.)
FishBase
Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rostroraja alba (Lacepède, 1803). 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:105896