Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
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Leucoraja melitensis Clark, 1926. Maltese skate<br />
Southwestern and south-central Mediterranean. FAO Area 37. Shelf and upper to mid slope.<br />
60-800m (more common 400-800m).<br />
Leucoraja naevus Müller & Henle, 1841. Cuckoo skate<br />
Reasonably wide-ranging in the Northeast and Eastern Central Atlantic, including the<br />
Mediterranean. FAO Areas 27, 34, 37. Shelf and upper slope. 20-500m.<br />
Leucoraja wallacei Hulley, 1970. Yellowspot or blancmange skate<br />
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian: southern Africa. FAO Areas 47, 51. Shelf and upper<br />
slope. 70-500m (most common 150-300m).<br />
Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950). Yucatan skate<br />
Western Central Atlantic: Central America. FAO Area 31. Outermost shelf and upper slope.<br />
192-457m.<br />
Leucoraja sp. O [Last & Stevens, 1994 as Raja sp. O]. Sawback skate<br />
Eastern Indian: western Australia. FAO Area 57. Upper slope. 350-420m.<br />
Leucoraja sp. [Stehmann]. Gabon skate<br />
Eastern Central Atlantic: Gabon. FAO Area 34. Upper slope. 302m.<br />
Malacoraja kreffti (Stehmann, 1978). Krefft's skate<br />
Northeast Atlantic: Rockall Trough and Iceland. FAO Area 27. Mid slope and deepsea rises.<br />
1200m.<br />
Malacoraja obscura Carvalho, Gomes & Gadig, 2006. Brazilian soft Skate<br />
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil. FAO Area 41. Mid slope. 808-1105m.<br />
Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885). Smooth skate<br />
Northwest Altantic: Canada and USA. FAO Areas 21, 31. Shelf and upper to mid slope. 46-<br />
914m.<br />
Malacoraja spinacidermis (Barnard, 1923). Prickled or roughskin skate<br />
Wide-ranging but patchy in the Eastern Atlantic. FAO Areas 27, 34, 47. Upper to deep slope.<br />
450-1568m.<br />
Neoraja africana Stehmann & Séret, 1983. West African pygmy skate<br />
Eastern Central Atlantic: Gabon and Western Sahara. FAO Area 34. Mid to deep slope. 900-<br />
1550m.<br />
Neoraja caerulea (Stehmann, 1976). Blue pygmy skate<br />
Northeast Atlantic: Rockall Trough. FAO Area 27. Upper to mid slope and deepsea rises.<br />
600-1262m.<br />
Neoraja carolinensis McEachran & Stehmann, 1984. Carolina pygmy skate<br />
Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida (USA). FAO Area 31. Upper to mid<br />
slope. 695-1010m.<br />
Neoraja stehmanni (Hulley, 1972). South African pygmy skate<br />
Southeast Atlantic: South Africa. FAO Area 47. Upper to mid slope. 292-1025m (most<br />
common >600m).<br />
Okamejei heemstrai McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982. Narrow or East African skate<br />
Western Indian: East Africa. FAO Area 51. Upper slope. 200-500m.<br />
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