Dark-belly skate  (Bathyraja meridionalis)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->

  • Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays->

    • Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks->
    • Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks->
    • Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays->
    • Torpediniformes - Electric rays->
    • Rajiformes - Skates and rays->

      • Rajidae - Skates->
      • Anacanthobatidae - Smooth skates->
      • Arhynchobatidae - Softnose skates->

        • Arctoraja - Arctoraja->
        • Arhynchobatis - Arhynchobatis->
        • Atlantoraja - Atlantoraja->
        • Bathyraja - Bathyraja->

          • Deep-sea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola)
          • Aguja skate (Bathyraja aguja)
          • White-dotted skate (Bathyraja albomaculata)
          • Aleutian skate (Bathyraja aleutica)
          • Little-eyed skate (Bathyraja andriashevi)
          • Antarctic dark-mouth skate (Bathyraja arctowskii)
          • Bottom skate (Bathyraja bergi)
          • Broadnose skate (Bathyraja brachyurops)
          • Purple-black skate (Bathyraja caeluronigricans)
          • Chapman’s skate (Bathyraja chapmani)
          • Joined-fins skate (Bathyraja cousseauae)
          • Dusky-pink skate (Bathyraja diplotaenia)
          • Eaton’s skate (Bathyraja eatonii)
          • Cinnamon skate (Bathyraja fedorovi)
          • Graytail skate (Bathyraja griseocauda)
          • West African skate (Bathyraja hesperafricana)
          • Bering skate (Bathyraja interrupta)
          • Kerguelen sandpaper skate (Bathyraja irrasa)
          • Abyssal skate (Bathyraja ishiharai)
          • Raspback skate (Bathyraja isotrachys)
          • Sandpaper Skate (Bathyraja kincaidii)
          • Domino skate (Bathyraja leucomelanos)
          • Commander skate (Bathyraja lindbergi)
          • Slimtail skate (Bathyraja longicauda)
          • McCain’s skate (Bathyraja maccaini)
          • Patagonian skate (Bathyraja macloviana)
          • White-blotched skate (Bathyraja maculata)
          • Magellan skate (Bathyraja magellanica)
          • Butterfly skate (Bathyraja mariposa)
          • Dusky-purple skate (Bathyraja matsubarai)
          • Dark-belly skate (Bathyraja meridionalis)
          • Fine-spined skate (Bathyraja microtrachys)
          • Whitebrow skate (Bathyraja minispinosa)
          • Multispine skate (Bathyraja multispinis)
          • Murray’s skate (Bathyraja murrayi)
          • Notoro skate (Bathyraja notoroensis)
          • Bathyraja pacifica (Bathyraja pacifica)
          • Pale ray (Bathyraja pallida)
          • Leopard skate (Bathyraja panthera)
          • Bathyraja papilionifera (Bathyraja papilionifera)
          • Peruvian skate (Bathyraja peruana)
          • Bathyraja pseudoisotrachys (Bathyraja pseudoisotrachys)
          • Richardson’s ray (Bathyraja richardsoni)
          • Cuphead skate (Bathyraja scaphiops)
          • Whitemouth skate (Bathyraja schroederi)
          • Simushir skate (Bathyraja sexoculata)
          • Longnose deep-sea skate (Bathyraja shuntovi)
          • Golden skate (Bathyraja smirnovi)
          • African softnose skate (Bathyraja smithii)
          • Spinytail skate (Bathyraja spinicauda)
          • Spiny skate (Bathyraja spinosissima)
          • Mud skate (Bathyraja taranetzi)
          • Eremo skate (Bathyraja trachouros)
          • Roughtail skate (Bathyraja trachura)
          • Bathyraja tunae (Bathyraja tunae)
          • Creamback skate (Bathyraja tzinovskii)
          • Okhotsk skate (Bathyraja violacea)
        • Brochiraja - Brochiraja->
        • Insentiraja - Insentiraja->
        • Irolita - Irolita->
        • Notoraja - Notoraja->
        • Pavoraja - Pavoraja->
        • Psammobatis - Psammobatis->
        • Pseudoraja - Pseudoraja->
        • Rhinoraja - Rhinoraja->
        • Rioraja - Rioraja->
        • Sympterygia - Sympterygia->
      • Gurgesiellidae - Pygmy skates->
    • Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark->
    • Squatiniformes - Angelsharks->
    • Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks->
    • Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks->
    • Myliobatiformes - Stingrays->
    • Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks->
    • Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks->
    • Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks->
  • Holocephali - Chimaeras->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->