Cruriraja
| Cruriraja | |
|---|---|
| Rough leg skae (C. rugosa) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Gurgesiellidae |
| Genus: | Cruriraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Cruriraja atlantis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 | |
Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae. They are primarily found in the warm West Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and off southern Africa, but C. andamanica is from the Indian Ocean.