Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae Skates

Genus: Leucoraja

(See list of species below)

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15 species (see list below)

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Western Atlantic

Leucoraja caribbaea
[Maya skate]

Photo by FAO

Leucoraja circularis
[Sandy ray]

No picture found
Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 29.2 cm TL

Leucoraja compagnoi
[Tigertail skate]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Leucoraja erinacea
[Little skate]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Leucoraja fullonica
[Shagreen ray]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Leucoraja garmani
[Rosette skate]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Leucoraja lentiginosa
[Freckled skate]

No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 80 cm TL

Leucoraja leucosticta
[Whitedappled skate]

Photo by FAO

Leucoraja melitensis
[Maltese ray]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Leucoraja naevus
[Cuckoo ray]

Photo by Sargent, P.

Leucoraja ocellata
[Winter skate]

No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 40.1 cm TL

Leucoraja pristispina
[Sawback skate]

No picture found
Northwest Atlantic

Leucoraja virginica
[Virginia skate]

Photo by Le Noury, P.

Leucoraja wallacei
[Yellowspotted skate]

Photo by FAO

Leucoraja yucatanensis
[Yucatan skate]

15 Species of Family Rajidae with Genus Leucoraja
(Skates)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1977	Leucoraja caribbaea	Maya skate	Western Atlantic
1838	Leucoraja circularis	Sandy ray	Eastern Atlantic	120 TL
1995	Leucoraja compagnoi	Tigertail skate	Southeast Atlantic	29.2 TL
1825	Leucoraja erinacea	Little skate	Western Atlantic	54 TL
1758	Leucoraja fullonica	Shagreen ray	Eastern Atlantic	120 TL
1939	Leucoraja garmani	Rosette skate	Western Atlantic	26 WD
1951	Leucoraja lentiginosa	Freckled skate	Western Central Atlantic	43 TL
1971	Leucoraja leucosticta	Whitedappled skate	Eastern Atlantic	80 TL
1926	Leucoraja melitensis	Maltese ray	Mediterranean Sea	50 TL
1841	Leucoraja naevus	Cuckoo ray	Eastern Atlantic	71 TL
1815	Leucoraja ocellata	Winter skate	Western Atlantic	110 TL
2008	Leucoraja pristispina	Sawback skate	Eastern Indian Ocean	40.1 TL
1977	Leucoraja virginica	Virginia skate	Northwest Atlantic
1970	Leucoraja wallacei	Yellowspotted skate	Southeast Atlantic and We	100 TL
1950	Leucoraja yucatanensis	Yucatan skate	Western Central Atlantic

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ElasmobranchiiOrder: RajiformesFamily: Rajidae SkatesGenus: Leucoraja(See list of species below)

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae Skates

Genus: Leucoraja

(See list of species below)