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

Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amblyraja*	Malm, 1877	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja radiata*	Donovan, 1808	basionym
*Raja radiata*	Donovan, 1808	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Danish: tærbe sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Dutch: sterrog sources: Ann-Katrien Leskrauwaet

English: thorny skate sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Starry Ray sources: Charles Hussey

French: raie épineuse sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Icelandic: tindaskata sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: kloskate

Norwegian Nynorsk: kloskate

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

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

Swedish: klorocka sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Welsh: morgath bigog

Literature

original description	Donovan, E. (1802-08). The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. London. 1-516 unnumbered, Pls. 1-120.
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	Packer, D.B., C.A. Zetlin and J.J. Vitaliano. 2003. Essential fish habitat source document: thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata, life history and habitat characteristics. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE 178. 39 p.
additional source	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms 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].
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
GenBank (86 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
Barcode of Life (98 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808). 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:105865