Gurgesiellidae

Pygmy skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. Nineteen species in three genera are known.^[1]

Pygmy skates
A Pluto skate (Fenestraja plutonia) found on iron-stained sand bottom with manganese nodules
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Gurgesiellidae de Buen, 1959
Genera
See text

Genera

• Cruriraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948
• Fenestraja McEachran & Compagno, 1982
• Gurgesiella de Buen, 1959