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Rough leg skate

Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The rough leg skate (Cruriraja rugosa) is a species in the family Gurgesiellidae, order Rajiformes.

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Quick facts about the rough leg skate

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rough leg skate live?

Not recorded

Is the rough leg skate endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rough leg skate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderRajiformes
  5. familyGurgesiellidae
  6. genusCruriraja
  7. SpeciesCruriraja rugosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Rough pygmy skateEnglish
  • rejnok vrásčitýCzech
  • raya arrugadaSpanish
  • Ruwe pootrogDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rough leg skate

Other species in the same genus Cruriraja.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the rough leg skate?

The rough leg skate (Cruriraja rugosa) belongs to the family Gurgesiellidae in the order Rajiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rough leg skate (Cruriraja rugosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rough-leg-skate

MLA

“Rough leg skate (Cruriraja rugosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rough-leg-skate.

BibTeX
@misc{rough_leg_skate_2026,
  title = {Rough leg skate (Cruriraja rugosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rough-leg-skate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}