The Maya skate (Leucoraja caribbaea) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Mexico at a depths near 457 metres.
Maya skate | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Rajidae |
Genus: | Leucoraja |
Species: | L. caribbaea
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Binomial name | |
Leucoraja caribbaea (McEachran, 1977)
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leucoraja caribbaea". FishBase. February 2009 version.