Distributions and Habitats: Gurgesillidae

FAMILY Gurgesiellidae de Buen, 1959 - pygmy skates, legskates

GENUS Cruriraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 - legskates

Species Cruriraja andamanica (Lloyd, 1909) - Andaman legskate Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Cruriraja atlantis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 - Atlantic legskate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Cruriraja cadenati Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 - broadfoot legskate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Cruriraja durbanensis (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) - smoothnose legskate Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: South Africa. Habitat: marine. Species Cruriraja hulleyi Aschliman et al., 2010 - roughnose legskate Distribution: South Africa: Namibia to South Africa and possibly East London. Habitat: marine.

Species Cruriraja parcomaculata (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) - roughnose legskate Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean off South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

Species Cruriraja poeyi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 - Cuban legskate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958 - rough legskate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Fenestraja McEachran & Compagno, 1982 - pygmy skates

Species Fenestraja atripinna (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) - blackfin pygmy skate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Fenestraja cubensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) - Cuban pygmy skate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Fenestraja ishiyamai (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) - plain pygmy skate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Fenestraja maceachrani (Seret, 1989) - Madagascar pygmy skate Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

Species Fenestraja mamillidens (Alcock, 1889) - prickly skate Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.

Species Fenestraja plutonia (Garman, 1881) - pluto skate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Fenestraja sibogae (Weber, 1913) - Siboga skate Distribution: Western Pacific: off Bali (Indonesia). Habitat: marine. Species Fenestraja sinusmexicanus (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) - Gulf skate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Gurgesiella de Buen, 1959 - pygmy skates

Species Gurgesiella atlantica (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) - Atlantic pygmy skate Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Gurgesiella dorsalifera McEachran & Compagno, 1980 - onefin skate Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Brazil. Habitat: marine.

Species Gurgesiella furvescens de Buen, 1959 - dusky finless skate Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Peru and Chile. Habitat: marine.