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Cruriraja

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Rajidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rajiformes

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Similar
  
Fenestraja, Breviraja, Dactylobatus, Rajiformes, Okamejei

Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae. They are primarily found in the warm West Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and off southern Africa, but C. andamanica is from the Indian Ocean.

Species

  • Cruriraja andamanica (Lloyd, 1909) (Andaman leg skate)
  • Cruriraja atlantis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Atlantic leg skate)
  • Cruriraja cadenati Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Broadfoot leg skate)
  • Cruriraja durbanensis (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (Smoothnose leg skate)
  • Cruriraja hulleyi Aschliman, Ebert & Compagno, 2010
  • Cruriraja parcomaculata (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (Roughnose leg skate)
  • Cruriraja poeyi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Cuban leg skate)
  • Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958 (Rough leg skate)

    • References

    Cruriraja Wikipedia
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