Gurgesiellidae

Pygmy skates
A Pluto skate (Fenestraja plutonia) found on iron-stained sand bottom with manganese nodules
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Gurgesiellidae
de Buen, 1959
Genera

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Pygmy skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. Nineteen species in three genera are known.

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