Species: Fenestraja cubensis, Cuban Pygmy Skate, Cuban Window Skate
central disc thorns: small, 1 row 72 to D
shoulder: 0/2 thorns

Fenestraja cubensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)
Cuban Pygmy Skate, Cuban Window Skate
Heart-shaped disc with front margins distinctly undulating; disc width 1.2X length; snout short (before eyes 10% TL); tip of snout pointed, flexible, not elongate; front pectoral fin rays extend nearly to tip of snout; eyes on top of head, large (~space between them), with spiracles immediately behind; nostrils a little in front of mouth, with front lobes from nostrils forming a curtain between them and mouth; no nasal pits before and above nasal curtain; pelvic fin with 2 distinct lobes joined by membrane, front lobe 70% of length of rear lobe; tail 62% of TL, base narrow (<eye), lateral folds on rear 2/3; 2 small dorsal fins near rear of tail, with tail fin as a fold behind the second dorsal, distance between them ~1/4X length of base of the first dorsal; upper surface with scattered small denticles, pelvics smooth; thorns relatively small, 10-11 around inner edges of eyes; 0-2 thorns on each shoulder, a central row of 72 from nape to 1st dorsal fin,1 row on each side of tail; tail with scattered denticles, including between dorsals and front of dorsal fins; no denticles on underside of disc and tail.
Upper surface pale brownish with a few small roundish darker spots and larger irregular blotches, largest one in center of each pectoral; pelvics with front lobe white, rear lobe as on disc; tail with 6 blackish-brown cross-bars, 1st faint, last two darkest & covering front 2/3 of both dorsal fins; lower surface pale yellowish.
Reaches 23 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms.
Depth: 440-869 m.
SE Florida to Cuba.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 23
- Depth Range Min
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- 440
- Depth Range Max
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- 869