Cruriraja
Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae. They are primarily found in the warm West Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and off southern Africa, but C. andamanica is from the Indian Ocean.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Andaman Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja andamanica
Roughnose Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja parcomaculata
Smoothnose Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja durbanensis
Rough Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja rugosa
Cuban Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja poeyi
Cuban Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja hulleyi
Atlantic Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja atlantis
Broadfoot Leg Skate
speciesCruriraja cadenati
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87702.