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  • snout triangular, no filament
    nape + thorns
    disc top covered with denticles
    shoulders & rear disc + thorns
    top spotted
    Ds black
    tail thick, 2 black Ds
    space between Ds >1/2 D1 base
    Cruriraja atlantis, Atlantic legskate, Cuban limbedskate
    pelvics: front lobe = leg
    lower disc pale + dark blotches
  • snout triangular, no filament
    nape + thorns
    disc top covered with denticles
    shoulders & rear disc + thorns
    top disc spotted
    tail thick, 2 Ds, no denticles underneath
    space between Ds <1/2 D1 base
    front edges Ds & C not black
    Cruriraja cadenati, Broadfoot legskate
    pelvics: front lobe = leg
    under disc white
  • snout triangular, no filament
    nape no thorns
    disc top denticles: front edge + central strip
    shoulders & rear disc + thorns
    top disc spotted
    fins black tips
    tail thick, 2 Ds
    space between Ds <1/2 D1 base
    front edges Ds & C black
    Cruriraja poeyi, Cuban legskate, Poey's limbedskate
    pelvics: front lobe = leg
    Under disc dark
  • snout triangular, no filament
    nape + thorns
    disc top covered with denticles
    shoulders 0/2 thorns; rear disc no thorns
    brown above, bluish below
    tail thick, 2 Ds, denticles underneath
    space between Ds <1/2 D1 base
    front edges Ds & C not black
    Cruriraja rugosa, Rough legskate
    pelvics: front lobe = leg
    under disc bluish