Broadfoot leg skate

Cruriraja cadenati

Broad pelvic lobes reach toward the seafloor

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean

Broadfoot leg skate is a marine fish found in coastal waters. One memorable detail in its record is this: Broad pelvic lobes reach toward the seafloor.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Skates
Family: Gurgesiellidae
Genus: Cruriraja
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: known from the type locality, off the western coast of Puerto Rico.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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