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family Rajidae - bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates

fish family - any of various families of fish

Batoidei, order Batoidei, order Rajiformes, Rajiformes - fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes

skate - large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins

genus Raja, Raja - type genus of the family Rajidae

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The ocellate spot (or spiny) skate Okamejei kenojei (family Rajidae) is widely distributed 1) in shallow coastal waters of 20-230 m depth (mainly 30-100 m) in the western North Pacific: 2) from the coastal waters off southern Hokkaido, Japan, southward to waters off northern Taiwan, including 3) along the Pacific coast of Japan; 4) within the Sea of Japan; 5) the East China Sea; and 6) the Yellow Sea (Ishihara, 1987; Hatooka et al., 2013; Last et al., 2016).

Population structure of the ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei) inferred from variations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences and from morphological characters of regional populations

These factors, along with bycatch, can lead these organisms to a population decline, and the family Rajidae is one of the most vulnerable to exploitation (Dulvy and Reynolds, 2002).

Analysis of food habits of skate Rioraja agassizii (Elasmobranchii, rajidae) from southern Brazil/Analise quantitativa dos habitos alimentares da raia Rioraja agassizii (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) do Sudeste e Sul do Brasil

There are seven species of skates (family Rajidae) commonly encountered on the continental shelf waters off the northeastern United States, including winter skate, Leucoraja ocellata; little skate, L.

Landings composition of the Northeast U.S. Skate, Rajidae, wing fishery and the effectiveness of prohibited species regulations

Templeman, 1965; Honma & Sugihara, 1971; Lamilla et al., 1995; Rosa et al., 1996; Oldfield, 2005; Ribeiro-Prado et al., 2008; Escobar-Sanchez et al., 2009) for several species of the family Rajidae (i.e.

First record of morphological abnormality in embryos of Urotrygon rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) in the tropical Eastern Pacific/Primer registro de Anomalia morfologica en embriones de Urotrygon Rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) en el Pacifico Oriental tropical

Bomb dating and age determination of skates (family Rajidae) off the eastern coast of Canada.

Age validation of great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran), determined by bomb radiocarbon analysis