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Raja Linnaeus, 1758
Iotaraia Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (not available, in synonym)
Laeviraja Bonaparte, 1834; (synonym)
Kapparaia Leigh-Sharpe, 1926; (not available, in synonym)
Perioptera Gistel, 1848; (synonym)
Rajabutis De la Pylaie, 1835; (synonym)
Rioraja Whitley, 1939; (synonym)
Raia N.A., -; (other)
Oxyrhynchus de Buen, 1926; (synonym)
Propterygia Otto, 1821; (synonym)
Platopterus Rafinesque, 1815; (synonym)
Uraptera Mėller & Henle, 1837; (not available, in synonym)
Zearaja Whitley, 1939; (synonym)
Spiniraja Whitley, 1939; (synonym)
Tengujei Ishiyama, 1958; (synonym)
Betaraia Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (not available, in synonym)
Alpharaia Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (not available, in synonym)
Argoraja Whitley, 1940; (synonym)
Cephaleutherus Rafinesque, 1810; (synonym)
Batis Bonaparte, 1838; (preoccupied)
Dasybatus Blainville, 1816; (synonym)
Leiobatus Klein, 1775; (not available, in synonym)
Dentiraja Whitley, 1940; (synonym)
Dasybatis Blainville, 1825; (synonym)
Deltaraia Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (not available, in synonym)
Clavata de Buen, 1926; (not available, in synonym)
Hieroptera Fleming, 1841; (synonym)
Epsilonraia Leigh-Sharpe, 1925; (not available, in synonym)
Gammaraia Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (not available, in synonym)
Dasybatus Bonaparte, 1834; (synonym)

?Raja acanthiderma Fowler, 1947

Raja ackleyi Garman, 1881

Raja acutispina Nakaya, 1984
Okamejei acutispina Ishiyama, 1958; (valid as)
Raja acutispina Ishiyama, 1958; (valid as)

Raja africana CapapŠ, 1977
Raja africana CapapŠ, 1977; (1 HOMONYM)

Raja agassizi
Raja agassizi var. picta Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903; (1 homonym)
Raja agassizi ribeiroi Fowler, 1910; (replacement)
?R. a. var. meta Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903

Raja agassizii Eschmeyer, Editor, 1998
Uraptera agassizii Mėller & Henle, 1837; (valid as)
Uraptera agassizii Mėller & Henle, 1841; (valid as)
Rioraja agassizii Whitley, 1939; (valid as)

?Raja ajereba Walbaum, 1792

Raja alba Lacep¨de, 1803
Raja marginata Lacep¨de, 1803; (synonym)
Raja bicolor Shaw, 1804; (synonym)
Raia rostellata Risso, 1810; (synonym)
Narcobatus bicolor Blainville, 1816; (unavailable, no features)
Raia bicolor Blainville, 1816; (unavailable, no features)
Raia bicolor Risso, 1827; (1 homonym)
Raia bicolor Risso, 1827; (synonym)
Laeviraja bramante Sassi, 1846; (synonym)
Raja bramante Sassi, 1846; (synonym)
Iotaraia marginata Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (synonym)
Rostroraja alba Hulley, 1972; (valid as)

?Raja alia Garman, 1899

?Raja apteronota Lacep¨de, 1802

Raja arctowskii
Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904; (valid, uncertain)

?Raja arnak ForsskĨl, 1775

Raja asterias Stehmann, 1973
Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809; (valid as)
Raia punctata Risso, 1810; (synonym)
Raja jojenia Cocco, 1834; (synonym)
Raja schultzii Mėller & Henle, 1841; (synonym)
Raia stellata Garman, 1913; (synonym)
?R. a. var. minor Dæderlein, 1884

?Raja atriventralis Fowler, 1934

Raja australis Paxton et al., 1989
Raia australis Macleay, 1884; (valid as)

Raja bahamensis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1965

?Raja banksiana Lacep¨de, 1800

Raja baracola
Raja baracola alba Chiereghini, 1870; (unavailable)
Raja baracola alba Chiereghini, 1870; (unavailable, manuscript name)
Raja baracola vera Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, in synonymy)

?Raja barbata Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Raja batis Linnaeus, 1758
Dipturus batis Rafinesque, 1810; (valid as)
Dasybatis batis Blainville, 1825; (valid as)
Raia flossada Risso, 1827; (synonym)
Raia intermedia Parnell, 1837; (synonym)
Raia gaimardi Gaimard (ex Valenciennes), 1851; (synonym)
Batis vulgaris Couch, 1862; (synonym)
Gammaraia batis Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (valid as)

Raja bavosa
Raja bavosa Lacep¨de, 1798; (unavailable, no features)

Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978
Rajella bigelowi Stehmann, 1978

Raja biloba
Raja biloba Rafinesque, 1817; (unavailable, no features)

Raja binoculata Girard, 1855
Raia inornata var. inermis Jordan & Gilbert, 1881; (unavailable, no features)

Raja boesemani Ishihara, 1987
Okamejei boesemani Ishihara, 1987; (valid as)

Raja castelnaui Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907

Raja cerva Whitley, 1939

Raja cervigoni Bigelow & Schroeder, 1964

?Raja ciodera Rafinesque, 1810

Raja circularis Couch, 1838
Raja falsavela Bonaparte, 1839; (synonym)
Alpharaia circularis Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (valid as)

Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758
Raia rubus Bloch, 1784; (synonym)
Raia aspera Risso, 1810; (synonym)
Raja pontica Pallas, 1814; (synonym)
Dasybatus clavatus Blainville, 1816; (valid as)
Raja capensis Mėller & Henle, 1841; (1 homonym)
Raja capensis Mėller & Henle, 1841; (synonym)
Raja leiobatos Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
Raia rhizacanthus Regan, 1906; (synonym)
Raja bonae-speiensis Fowler, 1910; (misspelling)
Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910; (replacement)
Raja bonaespeiensis Fowler, 1910; (synonym)
Betaraia clavata Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (valid as)
Clavata clavata de Buen, 1926; (valid as)

Raja columbus
Raja columbus Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Raja columbus Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, manuscript name)

Raja compagnoi (Stehmann, 1995)
Leucoraja compagnoi Stehmann, 1995
Raja compagnoi Stehmann, 1995

?Raja cooperi Girard (ex Cooper), 1858

Raja cordata
Raja cordata Philippi, 1900; (unavailable, no features)

Raja cortezensis McEachran & Miyake, 1988

?Raja cuculus Lacep¨de, 1802

?Raja cuvieri Shaw, 1804

?Raja cuvieria Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Raja cyclophora Uyeno & Miyake, 1983
Raia cyclophora Regan, 1903; (valid as)

?Raja cynosbatus Philippi, 1896

Raja diabolusmarinus
Raja diabolus marinus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (misspelling)
Raja diabolusmarinus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (misspelling)

?Raja diaphanes Mitchill, 1815

?Raja ecuadoriensis Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941

?Raja edentula Forster, 1844

Raja eglanteria Bosc, 1800
Raia desmarestia Lesueur, 1824; (synonym)

Raja equatorialis Jordan & Bollman, 1890

Raja falsavela
?R. f. var. intermedia Dæderlein, 1884
?R. f. var. maggiore Dæderlein, 1884
?R. f. var. minore Dæderlein, 1884

?Raja fasciata Shaw, 1804

?Raja favosus Chiereghini, 1870

?Raja fimbriata Lacep¨de, 1802

Raja fullonica Linnaeus, 1758
Raja chagrinea Shaw, 1804; (synonym)
Leucoraja fullonica Malm, 1877; (valid as)
Raja fullonica Vaillant, 1888; (valid, uncertain)

?Raja gallica Walbaum, 1792

?Raja granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Raja gudgeri Paxton et al., 1989
Zearaja gudgeri Whitley, 1940; (valid as)

Raja heemstrai (McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982)
Okamejei heemstrai McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982
Raja heemstrai McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982

Raja herwigi Krefft, 1965

Raja hirtella
Raja hirtella Philippi, 1900; (unavailable, no features)

?Raja hispanica Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Raja inornata Eschmeyer & Herald, 1983
Raia inornata Jordan & Gilbert, 1881; (unavailable, no features)
Raia inornata Jordan & Gilbert, 1881; (valid as)

?Raja jordani Garman, 1885

Raja karagea
Raja karagea Tanaka, 1927; (replacement)
Raja tobae Tanaka, 1927; (1 homonym)

Raja koehleri
Raja koehleri Curtiss, 1938; (valid, uncertain)

Raja koreana Jeong & Nakabo, 1997

Raja kwangtungensis Chu, 1960

Raja latiflima
Raja latiflima Rafinesque, 1817; (unavailable, no features)

Raja lemprieri Paxton et al., 1989
Raia lemprieri Richardson, 1845; (valid as)
Raja dentata Klunzinger, 1872; (synonym)
Dentiraja dentata Whitley, 1940; (synonym)

?Raja leucobatos Gronow, 1854

Raja leucosticta (Stehmann, 1971)
Leucoraja leucosticta Stehmann, 1971
Raja leucosticta Stehmann, 1971

Raja macrorynchus Rafinesque, 1810
Raja macrorynchus Rafinesque, 1810; (unavailable, no features)

Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838
Raia maderensis Lowe, 1838; (misspelling)

Raja magellanica
Raja magellanica Steindachner, 1903; (1 HOMONYM)

Raja major
?R. m. clavata Olafsen & Povelsen, 1774

?Raja manatia Bloch & Schneider (ex Lacep¨de), 1801

Raja maroccana
Raja maroccana Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid, uncertain)

Raja melitensis Clark, 1926
Raia melitensis Clark, 1926; (misspelling)

Raja microocellata Stehmann, 1973
Raia microocellata Montagu, 1818; (valid as)

Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758
Raja miraleta Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Platopterus miraletus Rafinesque, 1815; (valid as)
Raia quadrimaculata Risso, 1827; (synonym)
Raja quatuoroculos Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Raia ocellifera Regan, 1906; (synonym)

?Raja monstrosa Walbaum, 1792

Raja montagui Fowler, 1910
Raia maculata Montagu, 1818; (1 homonym)
Raia maculata Montagu, 1818; (synonym, objective)
Raja montagui Fowler, 1910; (replacement)

?Raja montereyensis Gilbert, 1915

?Raja morula Nardo, 1827

?Raja mucosa Steller, 1814
Raja mucosa Lacep¨de, 1798; (unavailable, no features)

?Raja mucosissima Nardo, 1827

?Raja mula ForsskĨl, 1775

Raja musmarinus
Raja musmarinus ForsskĨl, 1775; (unavailable, no features)

Raja naevus Mėller & Henle, 1841

Raja narce
Raja narce Nardo, 1827; (unavailable, no features)

Raja nidrosiensis Storm, 1881
Raia nidrosiensis Storm, 1881; (valid as)
Raja nidarosiensis Stehmann, 1995; (misspelling)

?Raja nigra Lacep¨de, 1802

?Raja oblonga Walbaum (ex Artedi), 1792

Raja odaulax
Raja odaulax Rafinesque, 1817; (unavailable, no features)

Raja ommescherit
Raja om es scherit ForsskĨl, 1775; (misspelling)
Raja ommescherit ForsskĨl, 1775; (misspelling)

?Raja orbicularis Bloch & Schneider, 1801

?Raja osbeckii Walbaum, 1792

Raja pastinaca
?R. p. var. mattana Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847
Raja pastinaca var. moro Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Raja pastinaca var. moro Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, manuscript name)

?Raja pigara Rafinesque, 1810

Raja polyommata Ogilby, 1910
Argoraja polyommata Whitley, 1940; (valid as)

Raja polystigma Stehmann, 1973
Raia polystigma Regan, 1923; (valid as)

Raja pulchra Liu, 1932

Raja pustulata
Raja pustulata Rafinesque, 1817; (unavailable, no features)

?Raja quadriloba Lesueur, 1817

Raja radiata Donovan, 1808
Amblyraja radiata Malm, 1877; (valid as)
Deltaraia radiata Leigh-Sharpe, 1924; (valid as)

Raja radula Delaroche, 1809
Batis radula Bonaparte, 1838; (valid as)
Raja atra Mėller & Henle, 1841; (synonym)

Raja ravidula Hulley, 1970

Raja reversa Stehmann, 1976
Raia reversa Lloyd, 1906; (valid as)

Raja rhina Eschmeyer & Herald, 1983
Raia rhina Jordan & Gilbert, 1880; (valid as)

?Raja rhomboidalis Tilesius, 1802

Raja robertsi Hulley, 1970

Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959

Raja rostrata
Raja rostrata Lacep¨de, 1802; (1 HOMONYM)

Raja rouxi Stehmann, 1990
Raja rouxi CapapŠ, 1977; (valid as)

?Raja scabra Linnaeus, 1764

Raja schmidti (Ishiyama, 1958)
Okamejei schmidti Ishiyama, 1958
Raja schmidti Ishiyama, 1958

?Raja schoukie ForsskĨl, 1775

Raja siamensis
Raja siamensis Engelhardt, 1913; (unavailable)

?Raja sinensis Shaw, 1804

Raja stellulata Eschmeyer & Herald, 1983
Raia stellulata Jordan & Gilbert, 1880; (valid as)

Raja straeleni Poll, 1951

Raja taaf Meissner, 1987

?Raja tajara ForsskĨl, 1775

?Raja tautirana Curtiss, 1938

Raja tengu Jordan & Fowler, 1903
Tengujei tengu Ishiyama, 1958; (valid as)

Raja texana Robins & Ray, 1986
Raia texana Chandler, 1921; (valid as)

Raja trachyderma (Krefft & Stehmann, 1975)
Dipturus trachyderma Krefft & Stehmann, 1975
Raja trachyderma Krefft & Stehmann, 1975

?Raja tuberculata Lacep¨de, 1800

Raja uarnak
Raja uarnata Walbaum, 1792; (unavailable)

Raja undulata Lacep¨de, 1802
Raja mosaica Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
Raja picta Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
Raja fenestra Rafinesque, 1810; (synonym)
Rajabutis mosaica De la Pylaie, 1835; (synonym)

Raja velezi Chirichigno F., 1973

?Raja vespertilio Schneider, 1788
?Raja vespertilio Walbaum, 1792
Raja vespertilio Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Raja vespertilio Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, manuscript name)

?Raja vulgaris Olafsen & Povelsen, 1775

Raja wallacei Hulley, 1970

Raja whitleyi Iredale, 1938
Raja rostrata Castelnau, 1873; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Raya rostrata Castelnau, 1873; (1 homonym)
Raya rostrata Castelnau, 1873; (misspelling)
Raya rostrata Castelnau, 1873; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Raia scabra Ogilby, 1888; (1 homonym)
Raia scabra Ogilby, 1888; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Raja whitleyi Iredale, 1938; (replacement)
Raja ogilbyi Whitley, 1939; (synonym)
Spiniraja ogilbyi Whitley, 1939; (synonym)


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