blonde ray
Raja brachyura Lafont, 1871
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Raja brachyura Lafont, 1871
- Name authority
- Lafont, 1871
- Common name
- blonde ray
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Raja
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumChondrichthyes
- classElasmobranchii
- subclassNeoselachii
- infraclassBatoidea
- orderRajiformes Berg, 1940
- familyRajidae de Blainville, 1816
- genusRaja Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesRaja brachyura Lafont, 1871
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Raja. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Raja pita Fricke & Al-Hassan, 1995 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Raja rouxi Capapé, 1977 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Raja herwigi Krefft, 1965 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Raja bahamensis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1965 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rough rayRaja radula Delaroche, 1809 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| homelyn rayRaja montagui Fowler, 1910 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| painted rayRaja microocellata Montagu, 1818 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| speckled rayRaja polystigma Regan, 1923 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| undulate rayRaja undulata Lacepède, 1802 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Raja ocellifera Regan, 1906 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Raja blanda Holt, 1894 Holt, 1894 | synonym |
| Raia blanda Holt, 1894 Holt, 1894 | synonym |
| Raia brachyura Lafont, 1871 Lafont, 1871 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lafont, A. (1873). Description d’une nouvelle espèce de raie. Actes de La Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux., 28: 503–504, Pl.24. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6WRN6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.