The Rosette skate ( Leucoraja garmani) is an abundant mid-depth skate.
Etymology
The skate is named in honor of American ichthyologist-herpetologist
Samuel Garman (1843‒1927), of Harvard University.
Distribution and habitat
The Rosette Skate is typically found at depths between .
At the extremes on the United States Atlantic Coast specimens have been found as far north as the
Nantucket Shoals and as far south as the
Dry Tortugas.
[ Beyond, it has been located throughout the Caribbean, the eastern shores of Mexico and Central American, and the northern shores of South America.][
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Relationship to humans
Based on reported bycatch rates and population observances, there is no evidence to support concern of the Rosette Skate.
