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''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 {{Rajiformes-stub