''Malacoraja'', or soft skates, is a small genus of
skates in the family
Rajidae found at depths of in the
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
.
It currently consists of four described species,
[ as well as a possible undescribed species.][Ebert, David A. & Sulikowski, James A.; Biology of Skates. Springer, 2009]
Species
* ''Malacoraja kreffti
''Malacoraja'', or soft skates, is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae found at depths of in the Atlantic. It currently consists of four described species, as well as a possible undescribed species.Ebert, David A. & Sulikowski, Jam ...
'' ( Stehmann, 1978) (Krefft's skate)
* '' Malacoraja obscura'' M. R. de Carvalho, U. L. Gomes & Gadig, 2005 (Brazilian soft skate)
* '' Malacoraja senta'' (Garman Garman is a surname or first name. Notable people with the name include:
Sports
* Ann Garman, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Judi Garman (born 1954), American softball coach
* Mike Garman (born 1949), American baseball pla ...
, 1885) (Smooth skate)
* '' Malacoraja spinacidermis'' (Barnard Barnard is a version of the surname Bernard, which is a French and West Germanic masculine given name and surname. The surname means as tough as a bear, Bar(Bear)+nard/hard(hardy/tough)
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People
Some of the people bearing the surname Ba ...
, 1923) (Soft skate)
References
Rajiformes
Ray genera
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