''Breviraja'', commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small
skates in the family
Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southw ...
.
Species
* ''
Breviraja claramaculata''
McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Brightspot skate)
* ''
Breviraja colesi''
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Lightnose skate)
* ''
Breviraja mouldi''
McEachran & Matheson, 1995 (Blacknose Skate)
* ''
Breviraja nigriventralis''
McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Blackbelly skate)
* ''
Breviraja spinosa''
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 (Spinose skate)
References
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Rajiformes
Ray genera
Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow
Taxa named by William Charles Schroeder
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