''Cruriraja'' is a genus of
skates in the family
Gurgesiellidae
Pygmy skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays
Ray may refer to:
Fish
* Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea
* Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spin ...
.
[Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. . Reference page.] They are primarily found in the warm West Atlantic (including the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
and
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 ...
) and off
southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...
, but ''C. andamanica'' is from the Indian Ocean.
Species
* ''
Cruriraja andamanica''
( Lloyd, 1909) (Andaman leg skate)
* ''
Cruriraja atlantis''
Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German language, German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as ...
, 1948 (Atlantic leg skate)
* ''
Cruriraja cadenati''
Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German language, German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as ...
, 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 __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German language, German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as ...
, 1948 (Cuban leg skate)
* ''
Cruriraja rugosa''
Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German language, German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as ...
, 1958 (Rough leg skate)
References
*
Rajiformes
Ray genera
Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow
Taxa named by William Charles Schroeder
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