Leucoraja
Leucoraja is a genus of hardnose skate in the family Rajidae with fifteen species, commonly known as the rough skates. They occur mostly on continental shelves and slopes in the western north and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the southwestern Indian Ocean, and Australia.[1]
Species
- Leucoraja caribbaea (McEachran, 1977) (Maya skate)
- Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838) (Sandy skate)
- Leucoraja compagnoi (Stehmann, 1995) (Tigertail skate)
- Leucoraja erinacea (Mitchill, 1825) (Little skate)
- Leucoraja fullonica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Shagreen skate)
- Leucoraja garmani (Whitley, 1939) (Freckled skate)
- Leucoraja lentiginosa (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (Speckled skate)
- Leucoraja leucosticta(Stehmann, 1971) (Whitedappled skate)
- Leucoraja melitensis (R. S. Clark, 1926) (Maltese skate)
- Leucoraja naevus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Cuckoo skate)
- Leucoraja ocellata (Mitchill, 1815) (Winter skate)
- Leucoraja pristispina Last, Stehmann & Séret, 2008 (Sawback skate)
- Leucoraja virginica (McEachran, 1977) (Virginia skate)
- Leucoraja wallacei, (Hulley, 1970) (Yellow-spotted skate)
- Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Yucatan skate)
References
- ^ Hamlett, W.C. (1999). Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. JHU Press. ISBN 0801860482.