Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae.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. . Reference page. 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.
Species Cruriraja andamanica (Lloyd, 1909) (Andaman leg skate) Cruriraja atlantis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Atlantic leg skate) Cruriraja cadenati Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Broadfoot leg skate) Cruriraja durbanensis (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (Smoothnose leg skate) Cruriraja hulleyi Aschliman, Ebert & Compagno, 2010 Cruriraja parcomaculata (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (Roughnose leg skate) Cruriraja poeyi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Cuban leg skate) Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958 (Rough leg skate)
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