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Leucoraja lentiginosa

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ5014231 ↗
Source-derived summary

Leucoraja lentiginosa, the freckled skate, is a species of hardnose skate.

Description

It is most similar to, and often confused with Leucoraja garmani.

Habitat

It has been observed on iNaturalist near Galveston and Gulf Shores. They are demersal and are found in the depth range of 53–588 m (170–1,930 ft).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Leucoraja lentiginosa” as species of fish. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Leucoraja, lentiginosa and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leucoraja lentiginosa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.