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Cruriraja

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Cruriraja
Rough leg skae (C. rugosa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Gurgesiellidae
Genus: Cruriraja
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948
Type species
Cruriraja atlantis
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948

Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae.[1] 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.

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References

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  1. ^ Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page.