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Pygmy Skates
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Pygmy Skates

Fenestraja

Fenestraja is a genus of eight species of skate in the family Gurgesiellidae. They are found in deeper waters of the western Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and the Indian Ocean (east to Bali).

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Plain Pygmy Skate

speciesFenestraja ishiyamai

Siboga Skate

speciesFenestraja sibogae

Cuban Pygmy Skate

speciesFenestraja cubensis

Gulf Skate

speciesFenestraja sinusmexicanus

Madagascar Pygmy Skate

speciesFenestraja maceachrani

Blackfin Pygmy Skate

speciesFenestraja atripinna

Prickly Skate

speciesFenestraja mamillidens

Pluto Skate

speciesFenestraja plutonia

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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 88370.