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

Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Raja*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: raxha e zeshkët; raxha me dy pika 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.

Breton: rea gwen sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

English: brown ray sources: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.

English-United States: Brown Ray sources: english PESI focal point

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Скат дзеркальний

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (67 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (89 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758. 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:105886