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Leucoraja

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Leucoraja caribbaea (Maya skate)
Leucoraja circularis (Sandy ray) (Endangered)
Leucoraja compagnoi (Tigertail skate)
Leucoraja elaineae
Leucoraja erinacea (common skate) (Attributes)
Leucoraja fullonica (Shagreen ray) (Vulnerable)
Leucoraja garmani (Freckled skate) (Attributes)
Leucoraja lentiginosa (Speckled skate)
Leucoraja leucosticta (Whitedappled skate)
Leucoraja melitensis (Maltese ray) (Critically Endangered)
Leucoraja naevus (Cuckoo ray) (Attributes)
Leucoraja ocellata (Winter skate) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Leucoraja pristispina (Sawback skate)
Leucoraja virginica (Virginia skate)
Leucoraja wallacei (Yellowspotted skate) (Vulnerable)
Leucoraja yucatanensis (Yucatan skate)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0