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Neoraja carolinensis McEachran & Stehmann, 1984

Carolina pygmy skate
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: off Cape Fear, North Carolina ISH 3650/79 (holotype, adolescent male, 285 mm TL). Off east coast of Florida, ISH 3559/79 (paratype, adolescent male, 280 mm TL). Off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, USNM 265014 (paratype, juvenile female, 225 mm TL) (Ref. 31400).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: McEachran, J.D. and M. Stehmann, 1984
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Neoraja: Greek, neos = new + Latin, raja = fish, Raja sp. (Ref. 45335);  carolinensis: Named after the the type locality, the Carolinian Province of the western North Atlantic (Ref. 31400).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 695 - 1010 m (Ref. 31400).   Deep-water; 35°N - 29°N

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