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Base of the evolutionary tree for rays (
Rajiformes
)
← parent
rays (
Rajiformes
) (321 species)
skates (
Rajidae
) →
(206 species)
ocellate skates (
Raja
) →
(39 species)
Raya rubropygia
Raya sericeogula
Raia ornata
Raia plutonia
Raja baracola
Clear-nosed brier skate (
Raja eglanteria
)
Rough skate (
Raja radula
)
Rondelet's skate (
Raja rondeleti
)
longnose skate (
Raja rhina
)
big skate (
Raja binoculata
)
Bahama skate (
Raja bahamensis
)
Skate (
Raja straeleni
)
African skate (
Raja africana
)
Raja aguja
Cortez' ray (
Raja cortezensis
)
Undulate skate (
Raja undulata
)
Velez ray (
Raja velezi
)
Small-eyed ray (
Raja microocellata
)
Raja holsatica
ocellate skate (
Raja ackleyi
)
Raja granulata
Mottled skate (
Raja pulchra
)
Blonde skate (
Raja brachyura
)
speckled skate (
Raja polystigma
)
Raja rosispinus
Maiden ray (
Raja clavata
)
Ecuatorial ray (
Raja equatorialis
)
Starry ray (
Raja montagui
)
Madeira skate (
Raja maderensis
)
Prickly skate (
Raja stellulata
)
California ray (
Raja inornata
)
Skate (
Raja miraletus
)
Raja major
Cape Verde skate (
Raja herwigi
)
roundel skate (
Raja texana
)
Finspot ray (
Raja cervigoni
)
Raja rouxi
Starry ray (
Raja asterias
)
Raja chinensis
rough skates (
Leucoraja
) →
(15 species)
shagreen skate (
Leucoraja fullonica
)
Whitedappled skate (
Leucoraja leucosticta
)
winter skate (
Leucoraja ocellata
)
Tigertail skate (
Leucoraja compagnoi
)
Maya skate (
Leucoraja caribbaea
)
Freckled skate (
Leucoraja garmani
)
Freckled skate (
Leucoraja lentiginosa
)
Maltese skate (
Leucoraja melitensis
)
sandy ray (
Leucoraja naevus
)
Sawback skate (
Leucoraja pristispina
)
little skate (
Leucoraja erinacea
)
Yucatan skate (
Leucoraja yucatanensis
)
Yellowspotted skate (
Leucoraja wallacei
)
Virginia skate (
Leucoraja virginica
)
cuckoo ray (
Leucoraja circularis
)
rough leg skates (
Cruriraja
) →
(9 species)
Rough leg skate (
Cruriraja rugosa
)
Andaman leg skate (
Cruriraja andamanica
)
Broadfoot leg skate (
Cruriraja cadenati
)
Smoothnose legskate (
Cruriraja durbanensis
)
Cuban legskate (
Cruriraja atlantis
)
Triangular legskate (
Cruriraja parcomaculata
)
Triangular legskate (
Cruriraja triangularis
)
Cuban legskate (
Cruriraja poeyi
)
Roughnose legskate (
Cruriraja hulleyi
)
Finless pygmy skates (
Gurgesiella
) →
(4 species)
Onefin skate (
Gurgesiella dorsalifera
)
Atlantic pygmy skate (
Gurgesiella atlantica
)
Gurgesiella gurgesiella
Southern false skate (
Gurgesiella furvescens
)
lightnose skates (
Breviraja
) →
(7 species)
Breviraja ishiyama
Blacknose skate (
Breviraja mouldi
)
Blackbelly skate (
Breviraja nigriventralis
)
Spinose skate (
Breviraja spinosa
)
Brightspot skate (
Breviraja claramaculata
)
Nova Scotia skate (
Breviraja marklei
)
Lightnose skate (
Breviraja colesi
)
spiny rasp skates (
Okamejei
) →
(16 species)
Black sand skate (
Okamejei boesemani
)
Swarthy skate (
Okamejei kenojei
)
Sulu Sea skate (
Okamejei jensenae
)
East African skate (
Okamejei heemstrai
)
Okamejei mengae
Thintail skate (
Okamejei leptoura
)
Browneye skate (
Okamejei schmidti
)
Indian ringed skate (
Okamejei powelli
)
Skate (
Okamejei hollandi
)
Okamejei ornata
Sharpspine skate (
Okamejei acutispina
)
Borneo Sand Skate (
Okamejei cairae
)
Okamejei philipi
Bigeye skate (
Okamejei meerdervoortii
)
Arafura skate (
Okamejei arafurensis
)
Pita skate (
Okamejei pita
)
pygmy skates (
Fenestraja
) →
(8 species)
Gulf skate (
Fenestraja sinusmexicanus
)
Plain pygmy skate (
Fenestraja ishiyamai
)
Pluto skate (
Fenestraja plutonia
)
Cuban pygmy skate (
Fenestraja cubensis
)
Siboga skate (
Fenestraja sibogae
)
blackfin skate (
Fenestraja atripinna
)
Madagascar pygmy skate (
Fenestraja maceachrani
)
Prickly skate (
Fenestraja mamillidens
)
pygmy skates (
Neoraja
) →
(5 species)
Carolina pygmy skate (
Neoraja carolinensis
)
African pygmy skate (
Neoraja stehmanni
)
Blue ray (
Neoraja caerulea
)
West African pygmy skate (
Neoraja africana
)
Iberian pygmy skate (
Neoraja iberica
)
Dipturus
→
(56 species)
Zearaja argentinensis
Hooktail skate (
Dipturus oregoni
)
Weng’s skate (
Dipturus wengi
)
ocellate skate (
Dipturus oculus
)
Skate (
Dipturus springeri
)
Roughskin skate (
Dipturus trachyderma
)
Queensland deepwater skate (
Dipturus queenslandicus
)
Australian thornback skate (
Dipturus lemprieri
)
Rattail skate (
Dipturus lanceorostratus
)
Maugeaen skate (
Dipturus maugeanus
)
Thorny tail skate (
Dipturus diehli
)
Pale tropical skate (
Dipturus apricus
)
Dipturus wuhanlingi
Skate (
Dipturus chilensis
)
Graham’s skate (
Dipturus grahami
)
Travancore skate (
Dipturus johannisdavisi
)
White-spotted skate (
Dipturus cerva
)
Skate (
Dipturus doutrei
)
Grey skate (
Dipturus canutus
)
Prickly brown ray (
Dipturus teevani
)
Blackspot skate (
Dipturus campbelli
)
Skate (
Dipturus pullopunctatus
)
Norwegian skate (
Dipturus nidarosiensis
)
longnosed skates (
Dipturus confusus
)
common skate (
Dipturus batis
)
Dipturus lamillai
Dipturus amphispinus
Madagascar skate (
Dipturus crosnieri
)
South Brazilian skate (
Dipturus mennii
)
Blacktip skate (
Dipturus melanospilus
)
False Argus skate (
Dipturus falloargus
)
Kwangtung skate (
Dipturus kwangtungensis
)
Acutenose skate (
Dipturus tengu
)
Thornback skate (
Dipturus flindersi
)
Bullis skate (
Dipturus bullisi
)
longnosed skate (
Dipturus oxyrinchus
)
Argentine skate (
Dipturus argentinensis
)
Giant skate (
Dipturus gigas
)
Wedgenose skate (
Dipturus whitleyi
)
Argus skate (
Dipturus polyommata
)
Heald’s skate (
Dipturus healdi
)
spreadfin skate (
Dipturus olseni
)
smooth skate (
Dipturus innominatus
)
Thintail skate (
Dipturus leptocauda
)
Prow-nose skate (
Dipturus stenorhynchus
)
Rough skate (
Dipturus nasutus
)
San Blas skate (
Dipturus garricki
)
common skate (
Dipturus australis
)
Barn-door skate (
Dipturus laevis
)
Endeavour skate (
Dipturus endeavouri
)
White skate (
Dipturus linteus
)
Bigtail skate (
Dipturus macrocauda
)
deepwater skate (
Dipturus acrobelus
)
Greenback skate (
Dipturus gudgeri
)
Dipturus flavirostris
Ecuador skate (
Dipturus ecuadoriensis
)
gray skates (
Rajella
) →
(17 species)
Mid-Atlantic skate (
Rajella kukujevi
)
Deepwater ray (
Rajella bathyphila
)
sandy skate (
Rajella fyllae
)
Ghost skate (
Rajella dissimilis
)
Rajella paucispinosa
Bigelow's ray (
Rajella bigelowi
)
Indonesian round skate (
Rajella annandalei
)
Blackish skate (
Rajella nigerrima
)
Bigthorn skate (
Rajella barnardi
)
Sooty skate (
Rajella fuliginea
)
Purplebelly skate (
Rajella purpuriventralis
)
Skate (
Rajella caudaspinosa
)
Smoothback skate (
Rajella ravidula
)
Ray (
Rajella sadowskii
)
Challenger skate (
Rajella challengeri
)
Galapagos gray skate (
Rajella eisenhardti
)
Skate (
Rajella leopardus
)
soft skates (
Malacoraja
) →
(4 species)
Krefft's ray (
Malacoraja kreffti
)
Skate (
Malacoraja spinacidermis
)
smooth skate (
Malacoraja senta
)
Malacoraja obscura
Brochiraja
→
(8 species)
Prickly deepsea skate (
Brochiraja spinifera
)
Brochiraja albilabiata
Brochiraja aenigma
Smooth deepsea skate (
Brochiraja asperula
)
Brochiraja leviveneta
Brochiraja microspinifera
Brochiraja heuresa
Brochiraja vittacauda
skilletskates (
Dactylobatus
) →
(2 species)
Skilletskate (
Dactylobatus armatus
)
Hookskate (
Dactylobatus clarkii
)
Dentiraja
→
(2 species)
Dentiraja lemprieri
Dentiraja endeavouri
stout skates (
Amblyraja
) →
(10 species)
Bigmouth skate (
Amblyraja robertsi
)
Thickbody skate (
Amblyraja frerichsi
)
Whiteleg skate (
Amblyraja taaf
)
Ray (
Amblyraja doellojuradoi
)
Broad skate (
Amblyraja badia
)
Arctic skate (
Amblyraja hyperborea
)
Reversed skate (
Amblyraja reversa
)
Starry ray (
Amblyraja radiata
)
Jensen's skate (
Amblyraja jenseni
)
Antarctic starry skate (
Amblyraja georgiana
)
Orbiraja powelli
Beringraja pulchra
Korean skate (
Hongeo koreana
)
White-bellied skate (
Rostroraja alba
)
unnamed group 840930
→
(115 species)
softnose skates (
Arhynchobatidae
) →
(99 species)
Bathyraja
→
(56 species)
Graytale stake (
Bathyraja griseocauda
)
Bathyraja kincaidii/interrupta
Bottom skate (
Bathyraja pseudoisotrachys
)
Cinnamon skate (
Bathyraja fedorovi
)
deepsea skate (
Bathyraja abyssicola
)
Patagonian skate (
Bathyraja macloviana
)
Dark-belly skate (
Bathyraja meridionalis
)
Bottom skate (
Bathyraja bergi
)
Aleutian skate (
Bathyraja aleutica
)
Little-eyed skate (
Bathyraja andriashevi
)
Spotted ray (
Bathyraja albomaculata
)
Alaska skate (
Bathyraja parmifera
)
Cuphead skate (
Bathyraja scaphiops
)
Purple-black skate (
Bathyraja caeluronigricans
)
Bathyraja tunae
Whitemouth skate (
Bathyraja schroederi
)
Bathyraja pacifica
Aguja skate (
Bathyraja aguja
)
abyssal skate (
Bathyraja ishiharai
)
McCain's skate (
Bathyraja maccaini
)
Eatons's skate (
Bathyraja eatonii
)
Multispine skate (
Bathyraja multispinis
)
Okhotsk skate (
Bathyraja violacea
)
Spinetail ray (
Bathyraja spinicauda
)
Peruvian skate (
Bathyraja peruana
)
Domino skate (
Bathyraja leucomelanos
)
African softnose stake (
Bathyraja smithii
)
Black skate (
Bathyraja trachura
)
Commander skate (
Bathyraja lindbergi
)
Butterfly skate (
Bathyraja mariposa
)
Kerguelen sandpaper skate (
Bathyraja irrasa
)
West African skate (
Bathyraja hesperafricana
)
Sandpaper skate (
Bathyraja kincaidii
)
White-blotched skate (
Bathyraja maculata
)
Joined-fins skate (
Bathyraja cousseauae
)
Longnose deepsea skate (
Bathyraja shuntovi
)
Eremo skate (
Bathyraja trachouros
)
Creamback skate (
Bathyraja tzinovskii
)
mud skate (
Bathyraja taranetzi
)
Magellan skate (
Bathyraja magellanica
)
Whitebrow skate (
Bathyraja minispinosa
)
Slimtail skate (
Bathyraja longicauda
)
Golden skate (
Bathyraja smirnovi
)
Raspback skate (
Bathyraja isotrachys
)
Broadnose skate (
Bathyraja brachyurops
)
Notoro skate (
Bathyraja notoroensis
)
Pale ray (
Bathyraja pallida
)
Murray's skate (
Bathyraja murrayi
)
Dusky-purple skate (
Bathyraja matsubarai
)
Whitemouth skate (
Bathyraja papilionifera
)
Dusky-pink skate (
Bathyraja diplotaenia
)
Sandpaper skate (
Bathyraja interrupta
)
Leopard skate (
Bathyraja panthera
)
White skate (
Bathyraja spinosissima
)
Hokkaido skate (
Bathyraja simoterus
)
Richardson's ray (
Bathyraja richardsoni
)
velvet skates (
Notoraja
) →
(13 species)
Notoraja longiventralis
Ghost skate (
Notoraja hirticauda
)
Notoraja inusitata
Pale skate (
Notoraja ochroderma
)
Notoraja lira
Notoraja alisae
Blotched skate (
Notoraja sticta
)
blue skate (
Notoraja azurea
)
Leadhued skate (
Notoraja tobitukai
)
Notoraja sereti
Notoraja fijiensis
Notoraja sapphira
Notoraja martinezi
Atlantoraja
→
(3 species)
Ray (
Atlantoraja castelnaui
)
Ray (
Atlantoraja platana
)
Ray (
Atlantoraja cyclophora
)
Psammobatis
→
(8 species)
Raspthorn sand skate (
Psammobatis scobina
)
Spade sand skate (
Psammobatis rutrum
)
Smalltail sand skate (
Psammobatis parvacauda
)
Ray (
Psammobatis lentiginosa
)
Ray (
Psammobatis bergi
)
little skate (
Psammobatis extenta
)
Ray (
Psammobatis normani
)
Smallthorn sand skate (
Psammobatis rudis
)
Sympterygia
→
(3 species)
Smallnose fanskate (
Sympterygia bonapartii
)
Shorttail fanskate (
Sympterygia brevicaudata
)
Bignose fanskate (
Sympterygia acuta
)
round skates (
Irolita
) →
(2 species)
Southern round skate (
Irolita waitii
)
Western round skate (
Irolita westraliensis
)
peacock skates (
Pavoraja
) →
(6 species)
Shining skate (
Pavoraja nitida
)
False peacock skate (
Pavoraja pseudonitida
)
sandy skate (
Pavoraja arenaria
)
Mosaic skate (
Pavoraja mosaica
)
Dusky skate (
Pavoraja umbrosa
)
Allens skate (
Pavoraja alleni
)
jointnose skates (
Rhinoraja
) →
(3 species)
Oda's skate (
Rhinoraja odai
)
White-bellied softnose skate (
Rhinoraja longicauda
)
Dapple-bellied softnose skate (
Rhinoraja kujiensis
)
Insentiraja
→
(2 species)
Velvet skate (
Insentiraja subtilispinosa
)
Eastern looseskin skate (
Insentiraja laxipella
)
Longtail skate (
Arhynchobatis asperrimus
)
Fanfin skate (
Pseudoraja fischeri
)
Rio skate (
Rioraja agassizii
)
Smooth skates (
Anacanthobatidae
) →
(16 species)
smooth leg skate (
Anacanthobatis
) →
(8 species)
Spotted legskate (
Anacanthobatis marmoratus
)
Longnose leg skate (
Anacanthobatis longirostris
)
Leaf-nose leg skate (
Anacanthobatis folirostris
)
Narrow leg skate (
Anacanthobatis stenosoma
)
American legskate (
Anacanthobatis americanus
)
East China leg skate (
Anacanthobatis donghaiensis
)
South China leg skate (
Anacanthobatis nanhaiensis
)
Black legskate (
Anacanthobatis ori
)
Sinobatis
→
(8 species)
Blackbodied leg skate (
Sinobatis melanosoma
)
Western Australian Legskate (
Sinobatis bulbicauda
)
Sinobatis andamanensis
Eastern Australian legskate (
Sinobatis filicauda
)
Borneo leg skate (
Sinobatis borneensis
)
Sinobatis kotlyari
Sinobatis brevicauda
Blue Legskate (
Sinobatis caerulea
)
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