Roughnose Leg Skate

Cruriraja parcomaculata

Sharks and rays
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth165–450 m
Water temperature15–27 °C
Best monthsJanuary
How commonOccasional

About this species

Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae. They are primarily found in the warm West Atlantic and off southern Africa, but C. andamanica is from the Indian Ocean.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cruriraja”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 257 records
February: 107 records
March: 7 records
April: 76 records
May: 85 records
June: 74 records
July: 112 records
August: 47 records
September: 75 records
October: 20 records
November: 0 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 165–450 m · Deepest record: 1,000 m

40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 4 records
100–110 m: 7 records
110–120 m: 11 records
120–130 m: 2 records
130–140 m: 2 records
140–150 m: 2 records
150+ m: 426 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–27 °C

14–16 °C: 13 records
16–18 °C: 404 records
18–20 °C: 318 records
20–22 °C: 101 records
22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 11 records
26–28 °C: 5 records

Names and classification

English: Roughnose Leg Skate, triangular legskate

Other scientific names: Cruriraja triangularis, Raia parcomaculata, Raja parcomaculata

Similar species

Andaman Leg Skate
Cruriraja andamanica

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
867 open-data records from 1983 to 2009.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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