Species under Leucoraja
n= 16
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Leucoraja caribbaea
(McEachran, 1977)
Maya skate Western Atlantic
Leucoraja circularis
(Couch, 1838)
Sandy ray Eastern Atlantic (Iceland, southern Norway, Skagerrak and Morocco) and the Mediterranean Sea 120
Leucoraja compagnoi
(Stehmann, 1995)
Tigertail skate Southeast Atlantic 51.7
Leucoraja elaineae
Ebert & Leslie, 2019
Elaine’s skate Western Indian Ocean
Leucoraja erinaceus
(Mitchill, 1825)
Little skate Western Atlantic 62
Leucoraja fullonica
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Shagreen ray Eastern Atlantic 120
Leucoraja garmani
(Whitley, 1939)
Rosette skate Western Atlantic 57
Leucoraja lentiginosa
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
Freckled skate Western Central Atlantic 44
Leucoraja leucosticta
(Stehmann, 1971)
Whitedappled skate Eastern Atlantic 80
Leucoraja melitensis
(Clark, 1926)
Maltese ray Mediterranean Sea 52
Leucoraja naevus
(Müller & Henle, 1841)
Cuckoo ray Eastern Atlantic 81
Leucoraja ocellata
(Mitchill, 1815)
Winter skate Western Atlantic 113
Leucoraja pristispina
Last, Stehmann & Séret, 2008
Sawback skate Eastern Indian Ocean 40.1
Leucoraja virginica
(McEachran, 1977)
Virginia skate Northwest Atlantic
Leucoraja wallacei
(Hulley, 1970)
Yellowspotted skate Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean 100
Leucoraja yucatanensis
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)
Yucatan skate Western Central Atlantic 30
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