Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Rajidae > Genus Leucoraja

Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucoraja*	Malm, 1877	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja naevus*	Müller & Henle, 1841	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): gjøkskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grootoog; wilde rog sources: Ann-Katrien Leskrauwaet

English: cuckoo ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Cuckoo Ray sources: Charles Hussey

German: Kuckucksrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ψηφιδόβατος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: raja gegutė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: gjøkskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: gjøkskate

Norwegian Nynorsk: gjøkskate

Nynorsk (Norwegian): gjøkskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: raja dwuplama sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: скат-кукушка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: raya santiaguesa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: blomrocka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Скат півнячий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morgath lygadog

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
GenBank (25 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105876