Soft Skates
Malacoraja
Malacoraja, or soft skates, is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae found at depths of 46–1,568 m (151–5,144 ft) in the Atlantic. It currently consists of four described species, as well as a possible undescribed species.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Smooth Skate
speciesMalacoraja senta
Soft Skate
speciesMalacoraja spinacidermis
Krefft's Skate
speciesMalacoraja kreffti
Brazilian Soft Skate
speciesMalacoraja obscura
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 89719.