Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow and Schroeder, 1958

Jones, Christian M., Driggers Iii, William B., Hannan, Kristin M., Hoffmayer, Eric R., Jones, Lisa M. & Raredon, Sandra J., 2020, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea, Zootaxa 4803 (2), pp. 281-315 : 294

Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow and Schroeder, 1958 —rough pygmy skate

Synonyms: None

Distribution. In the northern GOM, this species is distributed from the north western Florida coast to the Texas/ Mexico border in approximately 370 to 915 m of water.

First Record in GOM. The description of this species ( Bigelow and Schroeder 1958) was based on a single individual (USNM 156713, Figure 11 ) collected aboard the RV Oregon from the northeastern GOM in 1957.

Remarks. This is a deep water species that is rarely captured and, therefore, little is known of their biology.

Conservation Status. Data Deficient

Figures

FIGURE 11. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) perspectives of the holotype of Cruriraja rugosa (USNM 156713) collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Photographs by Sandra J. Raredon, USNM.