''Breviraja'', commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin, ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of ...

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Breviraja claramaculata ''Breviraja'', commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico. Species * '' Breviraja claramaculata'' McEachran & Mathe ...

'' McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Brightspot skate) * ''

Breviraja colesi ''Breviraja'', commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small Skate (fish), skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico. Species * ''Breviraja claramaculata'' John D. ...

'' Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Lightnose skate) * ''

Breviraja marklei ''Breviraja'', commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico. Species * ''Breviraja claramaculata'' McEachran & Mathes ...

'' McEachran & Miyake, 1987 (Nova Scotia Skate) * ''

Breviraja mouldi ''Breviraja'', commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico. Species * ''Breviraja claramaculata'' McEachran & Mathes ...

'' McEachran & Matheson, 1995 (Blacknose Skate) * ''

Breviraja nigriventralis ''Breviraja nigriventralis'', commonly known as the blackbelly skate, is a bathydemersal Demersal fish, also known as groundfish, live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone).Walrond Carl . "Coastal fish - Fish o ...

'' McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Blackbelly skate) * ''

Breviraja spinosa ''Breviraja spinosa'', commonly known as the spinose skate, is a species of ray in the family Rajidae. References *John D. McEachran and Richard E. Matheson, Jr., ''Polychromatism and Polymorphism in Breviraja spinosa (Elasmobranchii, Rajiform ...

'' Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 (Spinose skate)

References

* * Rajiformes Ray genera Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow Taxa named by William Charles Schroeder {{Rajiformes-stub