Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Chondrichthyes - (Order) Rajiformes - (Family) Rajidae

Original position

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Raja altavela Linnaeus, 1758
Raja aquila Linnaeus, 1758
Raja batis Linnaeus, 1758
Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758
Raja fullonica Linnaeus, 1758
Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758
Raja oxyrinchus Linnaeus, 1758
Raja pastinaca Linnaeus, 1758
Raja rhinobatos Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Rajidae (Family) Blainville, 1816

Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 360.

Alternative positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 395.
Rajinae (Subfamily)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 75.

Historical positions

Rajinae (Subfamily)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 75.
Rajidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 360.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Rajidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: J.D. McEachran, 1982: 841.
Rajidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Rajidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 395.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 196, 231. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	30s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[30s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[30s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[30s]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer: 2 Oct 2012	[30s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[10s]