Species: Leucoraja yucatanensis, Yucatan skate, Yucatan whiteskate

snout tip firm
thorns: nape 3, 2-3 each shoulder
tail: multiple rows thorns
under disc light

Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Shcroeder, 1950)
Yucatan skate, Yucatan whiteskate
Disc heart-shaped, width 1.2X length, front edges undulating, outer corners broadly rounded; snout with firm tip, short and bluntly angled, part before eyes 3.5 times X distance between eyes; tail moderately slender, slightly longer than body; thorns on orbital rim in a continuous half-ring of 5-7; a few small thorns along each rim of rostrum; 3 thorns on nape, 2-3 on each shoulder; thorns on back in one row from shoulders back to tail, sometimes 2 rows, with an occasional thorn on midline between them; tail with 3-4 rows of small thorns at front, 2-3 rows at rear; dorsal fins separated by 1 thorn; underside smooth.
Upper body & tail pale brownish gray, with small evenly dispersed brownish spots ; tail may have dark cross-bars; lower body pale, pores not in dark spots.
Reaches 30 cm.
Lives on soft bottoms.
Depth range 192-457 m
Caribbean Yucatan to Nicaragua.
Note: Leucoraja caribbaea is a synonym.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- GC endemic
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 30
- Depth Range Min
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- 192
- Depth Range Max
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- 457