Family Rajidae (Noun)
Meaning
Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Family Rajidae includes the skates which are generally small, and feed on a wide variety of small benthic animals.
- Rajidae species of skates generally produce a relatively small number of eggs which they then encapsulate in protective egg cases.
- In comparison to sharks and rays, family Rajidae, including the skates, do not migrate far in their life.
- These flatfish belong to the family Rajidae which usually stay hidden and undetected at the ocean bottom.
- Species belonging to family Rajidae lay egg cases and release live young depending on their individual biological properties.