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Taxon profile

suborder

skates and rays
Rajiformes L. S. Berg, 1940

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes

Scientific synonyms

incl. Myliobatiformes

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 12

family Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1924 - smooth skates
family Cyclobatidae Capetta, 1980
family Dasyatidae D. S. Jordan, 1888 - Whiptail stingrays
family Gymnuridae Fowler, 1934 - butterfly rays
family Hexatrygonidae Heemstra & M. M. Smith, 1980 - sixgill stingrays
family Myliobatidae Bonaparte, 1838 - eagle ray
family Plesiobatidae K. Nishida, 1990 - deepwater stingrays
family Potamotrygonidae Garman, 1877 - river stingrays
family Rajidae Bonaparte, 1831 - skates
family Rhinobatidae J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 - Guitarfishes
family Urolophidae J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 - round stingrays
family Urotrygonidae McEachran, Dunn & Miyake, 1996 - American round stingrays

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Explanations

extinct taxon