''Neoraja'' is a genus of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
in the family
Rajidae found in the Atlantic Ocean. These small, deep-water
skate
Skate or Skates may refer to: Fish
*Skate (fish), several genera of fish belonging to the family Rajidae
* Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae
* Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belongin ...
s all reach a total length of approximately .
Species
* ''
Neoraja africana''
( Stehmann & Séret, 1983) (West African pygmy skate)
* ''
Neoraja caerulea
''Neoraja caerulea'', also known as the blue ray or blue pygmy skate, is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. This small ray reaches a total length of approximately and is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a ...
''
( Stehmann, 1976) (Blue ray)
* ''
Neoraja carolinensis''
McEachran & Stehmann, 1984 (Carolina pygmy skate)
* ''
Neoraja iberica''
Stehmann, Séret, M. E. Costa & Baro, 2008 (Iberian pygmy skate)
* ''
Neoraja stehmanni''
( Hulley, 1972) (African pygmy skate)
References
*
Rajidae
Ray genera
Taxa named by Leonard Compagno
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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