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Gurgesiellidae
Rough leg skate
Cruriraja rugosa
A sandpaper belly brushes the seafloor
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
Regional distribution
Marine fishRough leg skate is a marine fish found in bottom habitat. One memorable detail in its record is this: A sandpaper belly brushes the seafloor.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Gurgesiellidae
- Genus
- Cruriraja
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Colombia (Ref. 28767 ) and reported from Brazil (Ref. 128358 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Water
Conservation status
