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Neoraja caerulea
	Faeroese stamp with illustration of Neoraja caerulea by Astrid Andreasen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Chondrichthyes;
Order:	Rajiformes;
Family:	Rajidae;
Genus:	Neoraja;
Species:	N. caerulea;
Binomial name
	Neoraja caerulea; (Stehmann, 1976)
Synonyms
	Breviraja caerulea

Neoraja caerulea, also known as the blue ray, is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. This small ray reaches a total length of approximately 30 centimetres (12 in) and is endemic to the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean off Ireland and Iceland.^[1] It occurs at depths of 600 to 1,262 metres (2,000 to 4,100 ft).^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Neoraja caerulea". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2009 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2009.

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