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Family: Gurgesiellidae Pygmy skates



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19 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cruriraja andamanica Andaman leg skate Indian Ocean 1909
Cruriraja atlantis Cuban legskate Western Central Atlantic 1948
Cruriraja cadenati Broadfoot leg skate Western Central Atlantic 1962
Cruriraja durbanensis Smoothnose legskate Southeast Atlantic 31 TL 1923
Cruriraja hulleyi Southeast Atlantic 59.4 TL 2010
Cruriraja parcomaculata Roughnose legskate Western Indian Ocean 55 TL 1923
Cruriraja poeyi Cuban leg skate Western Central Atlantic 32.8 TL 1948
Cruriraja rugosa Rough leg skate Western Atlantic 1958
Fenestraja atripinna Blackfin pygmy skate Western Central Atlantic 1950
Fenestraja cubensis Cuban pygmy skate Western Central Atlantic 22 TL 1950
Fenestraja ishiyamai Plain pygmy skate Western Central Atlantic 1962
Fenestraja maceachrani Madagascar pygmy skate Western Indian Ocean 1989
Fenestraja mamillidens Prickly skate Indian Ocean. 1889
Fenestraja plutonia Pluto skate Western Central Atlantic 25.3 TL 1881
Fenestraja sibogae Siboga skate Western Central Pacific 31 1913
Fenestraja sinusmexicanus Gulf skate Western Central Atlantic 37.5 TL 1950
Gurgesiella atlantica Atlantic pygmy skate Western Atlantic 50 TL 1962
Gurgesiella dorsalifera Onefin skate Southwest Atlantic 53 TL 1980
Gurgesiella furvescens Dusky finless skate Southeast Pacific 52 TL 1959



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