painted ray
Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The smalleyed ray or smalleyed skate (Raja microocellata) is a species of ray in the family Rajidae, the typical rays and skates, from the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it is found in tidal, coastal waters with sandy substrates.
Wikipedia contributors, Smalleyed ray; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:54:29.910334+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818
- Name authority
- Montagu, 1818
- Common name
- painted 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 microocellata Montagu, 1818
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 |
|---|---|---|
| blonde rayRaja brachyura Lafont, 1871 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Raia microocellata Montagu, 1818 Montagu, 1818 | synonym |
| Raja microcellata Montagu, 1818 Montagu, 1818 | 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.
- Montagu, G. (1818). An account of several new and rare species of fishes, taken on the south coast of Devonshire, with some remarks on some others of more common occurrence. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, 2: 413–463. Pls. 21–23. 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:78RLX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.