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Sailray

Rajella lintea (Fries, 1838)

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The sailray (Rajella lintea) is a species in the family Rajidae, order Rajiformes.

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Quick facts about the sailray

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sailray live?

Not recorded

Is the sailray endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sailray classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderRajiformes
  5. familyRajidae
  6. genusRajella
  7. SpeciesRajella lintea (Fries, 1838)

Synonyms Dipturus lintea, Dipturus linteus, Raia lintea, Raja ingolfiana, Raja lintea

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Pale rayEnglish
  • Sail skateEnglish
  • White skateEnglish
  • rejnok severníCzech
  • morgath LwydWelsh
  • hvidrokkeDanish
  • WeißrochenGerman
  • valkorauskuFinnish
  • Raie voileFrench
  • blyškioji rajaLithuanian
  • hvitskateNorwegian Bokmål
  • kvitskateNorwegian Nynorsk
  • raja głębinowaPolish
  • Raia-nevoeiraPortuguese
  • скат парусныйRussian
  • vitrockaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sailray

Other species in the same genus Rajella.

Round ray

Rajella fyllae

RajidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sailray?

The sailray (Rajella lintea) belongs to the family Rajidae in the order Rajiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sailray (Rajella lintea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sailray

MLA

“Sailray (Rajella lintea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sailray.

BibTeX
@misc{sailray_2026,
  title = {Sailray (Rajella lintea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sailray},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}